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What (who) is quoit - definition
quoit
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Quoit (disambiguation)
[k??t, kw??t]
¦ noun
1. a ring of iron, rope, or rubber thrown in a game to encircle or land as near as possible to an upright peg.
(quoits) [treated as sing.] a game of aiming and throwing quoits.
2. the flat covering stone of a dolmen.
a dolmen.
3. Austral. informal a person's buttocks.
¦ verb archaic throw like a quoit.
Origin
ME: prob. of Fr. origin.
quoit
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Quoit (disambiguation)
(quoits)
1.
Quoits is a game which is played by throwing rings over a small post. Quoits is usually played on board ships.
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2.
A quoit is a ring used in the game of quoits.
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Quoit
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Quoit (disambiguation)
·noun A game played with quoits.
II. Quoit ·noun A Cromlech.
III. Quoit ·vi To throw quoits; to play at quoits.
IV. Quoit ·noun The discus of the ancients. ·see Discus.
VI. Quoit ·noun A flattened ring-shaped piece of iron, to be pitched at a fixed object in play; hence, any heavy flat missile used for the same purpose, as a stone, piece of iron, ·etc.
Examples of use of quoit
1. Baron de Coubertin, who started the modern Olympics in Athens in 18'6, had been inspired by a visit six years before to Much Wenlock where he watched the games (including quoit throwing) and was delighted by the spectacular opening ceremony, in which scores – well, dozens – of local people marched from the centre of the village to the games field.