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noun
An object (generally a post or plank on a support) set up as a target to be tilted at in jousting, or otherwise used as target practice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Anglo-Norman quintaine, quinteine, Middle French quintaine, probably from Latin quīntāna (“street separating fifth and sixth maniples in a Roman camp”), feminine form of quīntānus (“pertaining to the fifth”).
Across languages
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