Found 2 items, similar to Quoit.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: quoit
quoit
n : game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of
rope used in the game of quoits
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Quoit
Quoit
\Quoit\ (kwoit or koit), n. [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. A game played with quoits. --Shak.
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2. The discus of the ancients. See
Discus.
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3. A cromlech. [Prov. Eng.] --J. Morley.
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Quoit
\Quoit\, v. i.
To throw quoits; to play at quoits.
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To quoit, to run, and steeds and chariots drive.
--Dryden.
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Quoit
\Quoit\, v. t.
To throw; to pitch. [Obs. or R.] --Shak.
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