jousts

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Diamond Jousts, nine jousts instituted by Arthur, and so called because a diamond was the prize.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham

Jousts and tournaments periodically created unwonted excitement, as when, in 1389, there was a mighty contest at Smithfield.

From Memorials of Old London Volume I by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

Jousts were there, much hunting and activity, enough to suit the most exacting.

From In the Court of King Arthur by Lowe, Samuel E. (Samuel Edward)

The Princess, 271 Beauchamp, Earl Richard de, 164, 171, 208, 319; his Badges, 221; at Jousts at Calais, 223 Beauchamp, Earl Thomas de, 169, 319, 320 Beauchamp, K.G.,

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.

Jousts were single combats, often a succession of them, for a prize or trial of skill, while the tourney was troop against troop.

From Bayard: the Good Knight Without Fear and Without Reproach by Hare, Christopher