quoit

English

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Etymology

Middle English coyte (“flat stone”), from Old French coite, from Latin culcita.

Noun

quoit (plural quoits)

1. A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits.
2. A ring of rubber or rope similarly used in the game of deck-quoits.
3. the flat stone covering a cromlech.
4. The discus used in ancient sports.

Translations

flat disc thrown at a target

• Russian: метательное кольцо (metátelʼnoje kolʼtsó)n

Verb

quoit (third-person singular simple present quoits, present participle quoiting, simple past and past participle quoited)

1. To play at quoits.

Anagrams

• Quito, toqui