quoit
/kɔɪt
/ /kwɔɪt /noun
1A ring of iron, rope, or rubber thrown in a game to encircle or land as near as possible to an upright peg.Deck Quoits played with quoits made from rope has been a popular pastime on cruise ships for decades....
- In the old days, games could go on until after midnight - what with the drinking and that - and we had to light matches to show players where to land the quoit.
- Pitching quoits is common at family reunions and picnics.
1.1 (quoits) [treated as singular] A game consisting of aiming and throwing quoits.Its activities were designed to provide healthy recreation for young people, and included competitions in running, jumping, quoits, cricket and football....
- Is this a single hole version of the above game or is it a variation of quoits with a hole instead of a stake?
- Organisers are also looking for community organisations to run antiquated fair games such a quoits and bob-the-apple to add to the atmosphere of the day.
2The flat covering stone of a dolmen.
2.1 [often in place names] The dolmen itself: New Stone Age burial remains at Zennor Quoit...
- With one quoit bead or pendant from Varley Halls in Sussex, analysed by the British Museum, a combination of glazing techniques was used.
- If you looked at our itinerary you'd think we were bouncing from quoit to holy well to stone circle and you wouldn't be far wrong.
3Australian informal A person’s buttocks.But just to bring you up to speed; the quoit is coming along fine, thanks.
verb [with object and adverbial of direction] archaic
Throw or propel like a quoit: it was just beyond where Falstaff was quoited into the Thames
Origin
Late Middle English: probably of French origin.