Look up: quintain

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   Quintain
   Quin'tain noun [ French quintaine , Late Latin quintana ; confer W. chwintan a kind of hymeneal game.] An object to be tilted at; -- called also quintel . [ Written also quintin .] » A common form in the Middle Ages was an upright post, on the top of which turned a crosspiece, having on one end a broad board, and on the other a sand bag. The endeavor was to s ...
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   Quintain
   `Quintain` (O. Fr. `quintaine`, from Lat. `quintana`, a street between the fifth and sixth maniples of a camp, where warlike exercises took place), was a war game (or hastilude) during the Middle Ages which involved striking a wooden target with a weapon, on foot or horseback. The term was also used for the instrument (or target) itself, and could be used to practise for the joust. Originally perhaps the mere trunk of a tree upon which the knig...
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   Quintain
   • (n.) An object to be tilted at; -- called also quintel.
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   quintain
   a five-line stanza, such as a limerick or Edmund Waller's 'Go lovely rose.' Also called a cinquain.
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   quintain
   target for jousting practice
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