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quintain
[ kwin-tn ]
noun
- an object mounted on a post or attached to a movable crossbar mounted on a post, used as a target in the medieval sport of tilting.
- the sport of tilting at a quintain.
quintain
/ ˈ°ì·Éɪ²Ô³Ùɪ²Ô /
noun
- a post or target set up for tilting exercises for mounted knights or foot soldiers
- the exercise of tilting at such a target
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of quintain1
1400–50; late Middle English quyntain object for tilting at < Middle French quintaine or Medieval Latin ±ç³Ü¾±²Ô³ÙÄå²Ô²¹, of obscure origin; the alleged connection with Latin ±ç³ÜÄ«²Ô³ÙÄå²Ô²¹ “market place in a military camp†is dubious
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of quintain1
C14: from Old French quintaine, from Latin: street in a Roman camp between the fifth and sixth maniples, from quintus fifth
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At Quintain Living's Canada Gardens building in Wembley there is an area of allotments beds.
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Next to Wembley Stadium, Quintain is developing what will be the largest BTR project in the UK, with over 5,000 homes.
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At present the field was only used as a practice-ground for tilting, so a quintain had been erected at one end and a ring at the other.
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The quintain was a wooden Saracen on a pole.
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He was also sore about the shoulders and had a burning ear, from making bosh shots at the quintain— for, of course, practice tilting was done without armour.
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