quintain

Meaning

Noun

An object (generally a post or plank on a support) set up as a target to be tilted at in jousting, or otherwise used as target practice.

Origin

From Anglo-Norman quintaine, quinteine, Middle French quintaine, probably from Latin quīntāna, feminine form of quintanus.

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