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Antonyms for jousting

Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : joust, juhst, joost
Phonetic Transcription : dÊ’aÊŠst, dÊ’ÊŒst, dÊ’ust

Definition of jousting

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old French joustes, from joster (see joust (v.)). The sport was popular with Anglo-Norman knights.
  • These early tournaments were very rough affairs, in every sense, quite unlike the chivalrous contests of later days; the rival parties fought in groups, and it was considered not only fair but commendable to hold off until you saw some of your adversaries getting tired and then to join in the attack on them; the object was not to break a lance in the most approved style, but frankly to disable as many opponents as possible for the sake of obtaining their horses, arms, and ransoms. [L.F. Salzman, "English Life in the Middle Ages," Oxford, 1950]
  • As in fighting : adj aggressive, warlike
  • As in tilt : verb attack, fight
  • As in come to blows : verb to physically fight
  • As in compete : verb go up against in contest
  • As in fight : verb engage in physical encounter
Example sentences :
  • But ever when there was any jousting of knights, that would he see if he could.
  • Extract from : « Stories of King Arthur and His Knights » by U. Waldo Cutler
  • Some she knew were evil men, yet, as knights, were powerful in jousting.
  • Extract from : « King Arthur's Knights » by Henry Gilbert
  • He was taught all the arts of war, of riding, jousting, fencing.
  • Extract from : « History of Education » by Levi Seeley
  • As it was, all the jousting was done, and most of the nobles had already gone away.
  • Extract from : « Robin Hood » by Paul Creswick
  • Robin saw that the jousting was done, and that, after all, the red knights were conquerors.
  • Extract from : « Robin Hood » by Paul Creswick
  • This has made him twice say, that in this jousting with sticks no one was wounded.
  • Extract from : « Early Travels in Palestine » by Arculf et al.
  • The first figure (A189, plate 43) shows a suit of foot-armour for jousting.
  • Extract from : « Spanish Arms and Armour » by Albert F. Calvert
  • His followers in the jousting / on every side high honor won.
  • Extract from : « The Nibelungenlied » by Unknown
  • The point about jousting struck her as particularly well taken.
  • Extract from : « The Man Upstairs » by P. G. Wodehouse
  • Some kink in him held him back, and kept him from jousting and tournaments.
  • Extract from : « The Crow's Nest » by Clarence Day, Jr.

Synonyms for jousting

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