quoit

noun

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Pronunciation: /kɔɪt/ / /kwɔɪt/ / /kweɪt/

Etymology: From Middle English coyte (“flat stone”), from Old French coite, from Latin culcita. Doublet of quilt.

A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits.
“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.”
A ring of rubber or rope similarly used in the game of deck-quoits.
The flat stone covering a cromlech.
“This quoit was brought from a karn about a furlong distance, near which is another cromlech, not so large.”
An ancient burial mound, synonymous with dolmen.
The discus used in ancient sports.

Etymology: From Middle English coyte (“flat stone”), from Old French coite, from Latin culcita. Doublet of quilt.

To play quoits.
“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.”
To throw like a quoit.
“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.”