QUINTAIN Definition & Meaning

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quintain

[kwin-tn]

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noun

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.
the sport of tilting at a quintain.

quintain

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noun

a post or target set up for tilting exercises for mounted knights or foot soldiers
the exercise of tilting at such a target

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of quintain¹

1400–50; late Middle English quyntain object for tilting at < Middle French quintaine or Medieval Latin ��ܾ��Գ��Բ�, of obscure origin; the alleged connection with Latin ��ī�Գ��Բ� “market place in a military camp” is dubious

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of quintain¹

C14: from Old French quintaine, from Latin: street in a Roman camp between the fifth and sixth maniples, from quintus fifth

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At Quintain Living's Canada Gardens building in Wembley there is an area of allotments beds.

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Next to Wembley Stadium, Quintain is developing what will be the largest BTR project in the UK, with over 5,000 homes.

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At present the field was only used as a practice-ground for tilting, so a quintain had been erected at one end and a ring at the other.

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The quintain was a wooden Saracen on a pole.

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He was also sore about the shoulders and had a burning ear, from making bosh shots at the quintain— for, of course, practice tilting was done without armour.

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