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quoit (kwo̵it; chiefly Brit ko̵it)

noun

  1. a ring of rope or flattened metal, used in the game of quoits
  2. a game somewhat like horseshoes, in which players throw such rings at a peg (hob or tee) in an effort to encircle it

Etymology: ME coyte (Anglo-Fr jeu de coytes), prob. < OFr coite, cushion (< L culcita: see quilt): ? orig., a cushion target

transitive verb

to throw like a quoit

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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