Definitions for joustdʒaʊst, dʒʌst, dʒust
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
joustdʒaʊst, dʒʌst, dʒust(n.)
a combat in which two mounted knights armed with lances attempted to unhorse each other, esp. as part of a tournament.
Category: Western History
a personal competition or struggle.
(v.i.)to engage in a joust.
Category: Western History
to contend or compete.
Origin of joust:
1250–1300; < OF juster, joster, jouster to tilt in the lists < VL *juxtāre to approach, clash
joust′er(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
joust, tilt(verb)
a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
joust(verb)
joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback
Wiktionary
joust(Noun)
A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
joust(Verb)
To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.
Origin: From jouster (modern French: jouter), from late popular juxtare. English since the early 14th century.
Webster Dictionary
Joust(verb)
to engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt
Joust(verb)
a tilting match; a mock combat on horseback between two knights in the lists or inclosed field
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