quoit

quoit

Q0040900 (kwoit, koit)n.1. quoits(used with a sing. verb) A game in which players toss rings of metal, rope, or rubber at a stake, trying to get each ring to land with the stake through its center or close to the stake.2. One of the rings used in this game.

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[Middle English coyte, flat stone, quoit, from Old French coilte, coite, from Latin culcita, cushion.]

quoit

(kɔɪt) n1. (Games, other than specified) a ring of iron, plastic, rope, etc, used in the game of quoits2. slang Austral a variant spelling of coit[C15: of unknown origin]

quoit

(kwɔɪt, kɔɪt)

n. 1. quoits, (used with a sing. v.) a game in which rings of rope or flattened metal are thrown at an upright peg, the object being to encircle it. 2. a ring used in the game of quoits. v.t. 3. to throw like a quoit. [1350–1400; Middle English coyte, of obscure orig.]

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quoit - game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoitsgame equipment - equipment or apparatus used in playing a game

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giocare agli anelli