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quintain.

An object (generally a post or plank on a support) set up as a target to be tilted at in jousting, or otherwise used as target practice.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkwɪntɪn/
  1. An object (generally a post or plank on a support) set up as a target to be tilted at in jousting, or otherwise used as target practice.

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Where this word comes from

From Anglo-Norman quintaine, quinteine, Middle French quintaine, probably from Latin quīntāna (“street separating fifth and sixth maniples in a Roman camp”), feminine form of quīntānus (“pertaining to the fifth”).

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