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Definition of Quintains
1. quintain [n] - See also: quintain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quintains
Literary usage of Quintains
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Brides and Bridals by John Cordy Jeaffreson (1873)
"Some quintains were so made that the face of the doll was the ... Other quintains
consisted of a stout post, fitted at the top with a rotating cross-bar, ..."
2. The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England: Including the Rural and by Joseph Strutt (1876)
"Century. one side, and a bag of earth or sand depending from the other : there
was a double advantage in these kind of quintains, they were cheap and easily ..."
3. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1880)
"A tournament might be managed by setting two stakes opposite each other, with
the quintains nearly touching as they stretch over the lists, or runway. ..."
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