单词 | quintain post |
释义 | > as lemmasquintain post General attributive, as quintain knight, quintain post, etc. ΚΠ ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 62 Her quintine knights & proper bickerings of the Couentree men. 1798 J. Boaden Cambro-Britons ii. 44 Despised, insulted, made a quintain block, For every clown to run a tilt against. 1857 A. Trollope Barchester Towers III. 31 The quintain post stood..before him. 2005 Wyoming Tribune-Eagle (Cheyenne, Wyoming) (Nexis) 2 Sept. 15 A quintain shield is set on a post for the third event. It is hit as hard possible with a jousting pole. < as lemmas |
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