quintain

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 239: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "xno" is not valid. See WT:LOL. quintaine, quinteine, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French quintaine, probably from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin quīntāna (“street separating fifth and sixth maniples in a Roman camp”), feminine form of quīntānus (“pertaining to the fifth”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwɪntɪn/
  • Hyphenation: quin‧tain

Noun

quintain (plural quintains)

  1. (now historical) 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. [from 15th c.]
    • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 285:
      In the tiltyard, his companions felt the juddering impact of his sword-blows and saw the muscled precision of his archery and his tilting at the quintain.
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