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

The flat stone covering a cromlech.

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verb
To throw like a quoit.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Quoit

Noun

Singular:
quoit
Plural:
quoits

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

  • Middle English coyte (“flat stone"), from Old French coite, from Latin culcita.

    From Wiktionary

Quoit Sentence Examples

  • If the quoit that touches an object outside the court, the player that threw it loses the point.

  • For instance, sometimes the objective might be to flip an opponent's quoit out of play.

  • If no other ringers were scored and the same player also has the nearest quoit, an extra 1 point is scored.

  • How many strides apart can you and a friend stand and still throw and catch a quoit, small ball or beanbag between you?

  • Like bowling or curling, the nearest quoit to the peg won the game.

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Words Starting With

QQUQUO

Words Ending With

TITOIT

Unscrambles

quoit

Words Starting With Q and Ending With T

Starts With Q & Ends With TStarts With QU & Ends With TStarts With Q & Ends With IT

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