Definitions for quoitkwɔɪt, kɔɪt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
quoitkwɔɪt, kɔɪt(n.)
quoits, (used with a sing. v.) a game in which rings of rope or flattened metal are thrown at an upright peg, the object being to encircle it.
Category: Games
a ring used in the game of quoits.
Category: Games
(v.t.)to throw like a quoit.
Category: Games
Origin of quoit:
1350–1400; ME coyte, of obscure orig.
Princeton's WordNet
quoit(noun)
game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits
Wiktionary
quoit(Noun)
a flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits
quoit(Noun)
a ring of rubber or rope similarly used in the game of deck-quoits
quoit(Noun)
the flat stone covering a cromlech
Origin: coyte, from coite, from culcita.
Webster Dictionary
Quoit(noun)
a flattened ring-shaped piece of iron, to be pitched at a fixed object in play; hence, any heavy flat missile used for the same purpose, as a stone, piece of iron, etc
Quoit(noun)
a game played with quoits
Quoit(noun)
the discus of the ancients. See Discus
Quoit(noun)
a cromlech
Quoit(verb)
to throw quoits; to play at quoits
Quoit(verb)
to throw; to pitch
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