quoit — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits.

   Examples

   He heard then a warm heavy sigh, softer, as she turned over and the loose brass quoits of the bedstead jingled. Must get those settled really.

2. A ring of rubber or rope similarly used in the game of deck-quoits.

3. The flat stone covering a cromlech.

   Examples

   This quoit was brought from a karn about a furlong distance, near which is another cromlech, not so large.

4. An ancient burial mound, synonymous with dolmen.

5. The discus used in ancient sports.

Verb

1. To play quoits.

   Usage

   • Intransitive

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   Then, to preſerve the Fame of ſuch a deed, / For Python ſlain, he [Phoebus or Apollo] Pythian Games decreed. / Where Noble Youths for Maſterſhip ſhou'd ſtrive, / To Quoit, to Run, and Steeds and Chariots drive.

2. To throw like a quoit.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Synonyms

   flingtoss

   Examples

   Each took / His ſtation, and Epeüs ſeized the clod. / He ſwung, he caſt it, and the Greecians laugh'd. / Leonteus, branch of Mars, quoited it next.

Noun

1. game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits

   Broader terms

   game equipment