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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kwoit, koit |
| Phonetic Transcription : kwɔɪt, kɔɪt |
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Définition of quoit
Origin :- late 14c., "curling stone," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old French coite "flat stone" (with which the game was originally played), literally "cushion," variant of coilte (see quilt (n.)). Quoits were among the games prohibited by Edward III and Richard II to encourage archery. In reference to a heavy flat iron ring (and the tossing game played with it) it is recorded from mid-15c.
- As in disk : noun round object
- A quoit that falls with its flat side upward does not count.
- Extract from : « Every Boy's Book: A Complete Encyclopdia of Sports and Amusements » by Various
- She took off her hat, and threw it, like a quoit, on to the bed.
- Extract from : « Yonder » by Emily Hilda Young
- The quoit was the ancient weapon of the Sikh, who calls it chakar.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4 » by Various
- And in throwing the quoit Elatrius excelled; and in leaping at the bar, Amphialus.
- Extract from : « Stories of the Old world » by Alfred John Church
- His one hand slipped into his pocket and clutched the quoit.
- Extract from : « The Red One » by Jack London
- Democritus, that it is like a quoit externally, and hollow in the middle.
- Extract from : « Essays and Miscellanies » by Plutarch
- Disciform or Disk-shaped, flat and circular, like a disk or quoit.
- Extract from : « The Elements of Botany » by Asa Gray
- In deep gravity they tossed a ball, or pitched a quoit, or engaged in wrestling.
- Extract from : « Audrey » by Mary Johnston
- Contestants are given some object like a quoit, a block of wood, etc.
- Extract from : « School, Church, and Home Games » by George O. Draper
- Drooping like Hyacinthus beneath the blow of the quoit, he sank on Amyas's arm.
- Extract from : « Westward Ho! » by Charles Kingsley
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