Quoit Definition
kwoit, koit
noun
A game somewhat like horseshoes, in which players throw such rings at a peg (hob or tee) in an effort to encircle it.
Webster's New World
A ring of rope or flattened metal, used in the game of quoits.
Webster's New World
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verb
To throw like a quoit.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Quoit
Middle English coyte flat stone, quoit from Old French coilte, coite from Latin culcita cushion
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English coyte (“flat stone"), from Old French coite, from Latin culcita.
From Wiktionary
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