Assertion: spear's head | /r/CapableOf | punch small hole
Facets:
value: through an enemy shield
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Thanks in part to experimental archaeology, it is generally believed that the pilum's design evolved to be armour-piercing: the pyramidal head would punch a small hole through an enemy shield allowing the thin shank to pass through and penetrate a distance sufficient to wound the man behind it.