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quintain

noun as in bull's-eye

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Example Sentences

They always kept up the sport of tilting at the Quintain in the water.

He had undertaken to come mounted on a nag of his father's and show the way at the quintain post.

The quintain post stood right before him, and the square board at which he was to tilt was fairly in his way.

Miss Thorne had to explain the noble game she spoke of, and Frank Foster had to own that he never had ridden at the quintain.

This the flying equestrian mounted, and as he was swinging to and fro he had to take with a sword the ring off a quintain.

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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to quintain, such as: center, dead center, omphalos, target, goal, and mark.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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