quoit

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A Philadelphia trophy was inscribed: "Given by the German-American Bund; quoit tournament, 1937."

From Time Magazine Archive

“Let’s see...earlier I was eating ice cream. Right now I’m tossing this quoit ring.”

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Jason had no idea what a quoit was, but he tried to stay focused.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

The players aimed at no mark, but simply tried to throw the quoit to the greatest possible distance.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

The Wharf, St Ives Zennor has a curious little church with carved bench ends, on one of which is represented a mermaid, and Zennor "quoit" is thought to be the largest cromlech in England.

From Cornwall by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)