QUOIT
quoit
(noun) game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
quoit (plural quoits)
A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits.
A ring of rubber or rope similarly used in the game of deck-quoits.
The flat stone covering a cromlech.
The discus used in ancient sports.
Verb
quoit (third-person singular simple present quoits, present participle quoiting, simple past and past participle quoited)
(intransitive) To play quoits.
(transitive) To throw as with a quoit.
Anagrams
• Quito, toqui
Source: Wiktionary
Quoit, n. Etym: [OE. coite; cf. OF. coitier to spur, press, (assumed)
LL. coctare, fr. L. coquere, coctum, to cook, burn, vex, harass, E.
cook, also W. coete a quoit.]
1.
(a) 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. (b) pl.
Definition: A game played with quoits. Shak.
2. The discus of the ancients. See Discus.
3. A cromlech. [Prov. Eng.] J. Morley.
Quoit, v. i.
Definition: To throw quoits; to play at quoits.
To quoit, to run, and steeds and chariots drive. Dryden.
Quoit, v. t.
Definition: To throw; to pitch. [Obs. or R.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition