单词 | quintain |
释义 | quintain /kwin"tn/, n. 1. an object mounted on a post or attached to a movable crossbar mounted on a post, used as a target in the medieval sport of tilting. 2. the sport of tilting at a quintain. [1400-50; late ME quyntain object for tilting at < MF quintaine or ML quintana, of obscure orig.; the alleged connection with L quintana "market place in a military camp" is dubious] |
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