Joust definition
The definition of joust is a combat sport between two knights on horseback carrying a long sharp weapon, or a series of contests in a game or sport.
An example of joust is a sport played in medieval times.
noun
Joust is defined as to be in combat or sport against another knight on horseback with a long thin sharp weapon.
An example of joust is riding on the back of horse during a tournament at the Renaissance Fair.
verb
A personal competition or combat suggestive of combat with lances.
A politician who relishes a joust with reporters.
noun
A combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances; a tilting match.
noun
A series of tilting matches; a tournament.
noun
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To engage in mounted combat with lances; tilt.
verb
To engage in a personal combat or competition.
verb
A combat or contest with lances, as between two medieval knights on horseback; esp., such a formal combat as part of a tournament.
noun
A tournament.
noun
To engage in a joust.
verb
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A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
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Origin of joust
- Middle English from Old French juste from juster to joust from Vulgar Latin iūxtāre to be next to from Latin iūxtā close by yeug- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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