quintainn.¹

Brit.

/ˈkwɪntᵻn/, U.S.

/ˈkwɪntn/

Forms:

α. Middle English quyntene, Middle English quyntyne, Middle English qvyntene, Middle English qwyntyn, 1500s quinteine, 1500s quyntine, 1500s–1600s 1800s quintin, 1500s–1700s quintine, 1600s quinten.

β. Middle English quyntayn, Middle English qwaintan (in a late copy), Middle English–1500s quyntayne, 1500s quintayne, 1500s–1600s quintan, 1500s–1800s quintaine, 1500s– quintain, 1600s quintane.

γ. 1600s whintaine, 1600s whintane.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French quintine, quintaine.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman quintine, quinteine, Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French quintaine (1176 in Old French as quintainne ), probably < classical Latin quīntāna street parallel to the via principalis in a Roman camp and separating the fifth and sixth maniples, market held in this part of the camp (use as noun (perhaps short for via quīntāna ) of feminine of quīntānus of or relating to the fifth: see quintan n.), the sense development probably being from ‘street’ or ‘small street’ (for which there is some support in French regional use) to ‘run-up to a target’ to ‘target’. Compare post-classical Latin quintana, quintena (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources), and also Old Occitan quintane (c1150), Catalan quintana (late 14th cent.), Spanish quintana (1645 in an apparently isolated attestation), and Italian quintana (a1349).Currency of the word (in either English or Anglo-Norman) could perhaps be implied by the surnames Phillipus Quintyn (1235), John Quynteyn (1378), and Ancelinus Quyntyn (1402), although these are more probably derived from either the Anglo-Norman personal name Quentin or from the Normandy place name Saint-Quentin.

Now historical.

1. A stout post or plank, or some object mounted on such a support, set up as a target to be tilted at (on horseback or on foot) with lances, poles, etc., or thrown at with darts, as an exercise of skill. Also: the exercise of tilting at such a target.The structure of the target, the method of attacking it, and the circumstances in which the exercise would be undertaken varied considerably. In some cases the post or block had to be struck so that the weapon would break; in others the target was a revolving figure or a weighted bar which would swing round and strike the unskilful tilter. In the Middle Ages tilting at the quintain was undertaken as a knightly exercise; in the 17th and 18th centuries it is mentioned as a favourite country sport, esp. at weddings.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > [noun] > tilting at quintain

quintain1440

quintaining?1578

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > [noun] > tilting at quintain > quintain

fanc1405

quintain1440

van1458

quintel1617

α.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 421 Quyntyne [?a1475 Winch. Quyntene], quirinarium.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1913) II. l. 8749 A qwyntyn [Fr. vne quintaine] they reryd there besyde jn a fayr medewe.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 178 Bersault, a quyntine.

?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 26 Before the Castl..whear az waz pight a cumly quintine for featz at armz.

1633 W. Prynne tr. Synodus Lingonensis in Histrio-Mastix 600/2 Neither may they play at quintins, at torneies, or justs.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia A Quintin..is set fast in the ground in the Highway, where the Bride and Bridegroom are to pass.

1707 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 334 Sports on the Sabbath amongst which the Quintine.

1843 S. R. Hole Hints to Freshmen 35 Quintin, tennis, cricket,..and other accomplishments..you must acquire as opportunity serves.

1885 J. Payn Talk of Town I. 137 That ancient game the quintin.

β. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 133 After mete was the quyntayne reysed.a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) cxii. sig. G*ii Than Hector caused a faire quintayne to be pyght vp in the myddes of the cyte, & therat ran these yonge knyghtes, brekynge and sheueringe of theyr speres.c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 1627 Somur qwenes and qwaintans & oþer qwaint gaumes.1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Quintaine, a Quintane (or Whintane) for countrey youthes to runne at.1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. iv. 342 Keelpins,..quintans..which are the common recreations of country folkes.1693 London Gaz. No. 2845/2 This day there is to be a Carousel, viz. Running at the Quintain and the Ring.1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Custom is still retain'd in Shropshire, and some other Counties, among the Nuptial Solemnities—He that breaks the most Poles against the Quintain has the Prize.1776 T. Mortimer Brit. Plutarch (new ed.) II. 97 There were bear-baitings, fire-works, Italian tumblers, and a country wake, running at the quintain, and morrice-dancing.1818 W. Scott Chivalry in Encycl. Brit.: Suppl. to 4th–6th Eds. III. i. 126/2 Making him ride a career against a wooden figure holding a buckler called a quintaine.1898 Westm. Gaz. 26 July 10/1 This quintain [at Offham, Kent] (said to be the only surviving specimen in England).1938 T. H. White Sword in Stone vii. 101 He was also sore about the shoulders and had a burning red ear, from making bosh shots at the quintain—for, of course, practise tilting was done without armour.1963 Metrop. Mus. Art. Bull. 22 74/3 The back portrays a variety of the medieval game of quintain.1992 A. Bell tr. M. Toussaint-Samat Hist. Food xi. 354 The game is reminiscent of tilting at the quintain, with birds taking the place of the dummy.

†2. figurative and in extended use. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 167 (MED) I am the quyntyne [a1500 Rawl. v.r. the butt; Fr. le bersault] agains whom iche man shootes arowes of tribulacion.

1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. iv. 32 Paune thou no gloue..Nor make thy Quintaine others armed head.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. ii. 240 That which here stands vp Is but a quintine, a meere liuelesse blocke.

1641 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. F. Biondi Hist. Civil Warres Eng. I. i. 20 Imagining himself to bee..the only quintan those lances addressed themselves against.

1694 S. Johnson Notes Pastoral Let. 98 [It] was afterwards set up by it self for a Countrey Quintin, to be thrown at by all the Loyal Sparks of the Nation.

?1850 W. B. Bernard Passing Cloud ii. 35 I'm a sort of Quintain, to-day—set up to be thrust at.

1865 London Rev. 24 June 672/2 Homer is the quintain of most hexametrographers.

Compounds

General attributive, as quintain knight, quintain post, etc.

ΚΠ

?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 62 Her quintine knights & proper bickerings of the Couentree men.

1798 J. Boaden Cambro-Britons ii. 44 Despised, insulted, made a quintain block, For every clown to run a tilt against.

1857 A. Trollope Barchester Towers III. 31 The quintain post stood..before him.

2005 Wyoming Tribune-Eagle (Cheyenne, Wyoming) (Nexis) 2 Sept. 15 A quintain shield is set on a post for the third event. It is hit as hard possible with a jousting pole.

Derivatives

ˈquintaining n. rare the action of tilting at the quintain.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > [noun] > tilting at quintain

quintain1440

quintaining?1578

?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 31 Theez ryderz..leaft thear quintining, and ran one at a noother.

1968 Winnipeg Free Press 10 Feb. (Suppl.) 7/4 ‘Quintaining’..is an exercise in which the knight rides toward a suspended target in the proper way so as not to have it reciprocate by hitting him on the back.

1999 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 5 July 19 Stars include Phil Humphrey, the world quintaining champion, and Peter Webster, a silver medal winner in the World Jousting Championships.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

quintainn.³

Brit.

/ˈkwɪntᵻn/,

/ˈkwɪnteɪn/, U.S.

/ˈkwɪntn/,

/ˈkwɪnˌteɪn/

Forms: 1600s–1700s quintin, 1800s– quintain.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French quintin, quintain.

Etymology: < French quintin, †quintain (1611 in Cotgrave; 16th cent. in Middle French as quintain ) < Quintin , the name of the town in Brittany where this kind of material was originally produced. Compare quentin n.

Now chiefly historical.

A fine sheer material similar to lawn, originally made in Quintin in Brittany and frequently used as a ground for embroidery; (also) a piece or quantity of this (usually in plural, in early use sometimes treated as singular).

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [noun] > thin, light, or delicate

valencec1381

Paris crisp1400

rill1440

tuke1477

utter-fine1529

Worcester1551

cypress1577

borato1578

burat1588

quintain1674

tissue1732

zephyrine1820

summer weight1873

Palm Beach1913

sheer1934

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > linen > types of > fine > lawn > types of

pleasance1426

lumberdyne1548

cobweb lawn1603

French lawn1629

quintain1674

lawna1732

grass lawn1843

Indiana1927

1674 in Some Further Observ. Treaty Navigation & Commerce (1713) (ed. 2) (table) 2500 Pieces of Quintins, at 0 10 0 per Pc.

1721 C. King Brit. Merchant II. 348 809 pieces of Quintins at 10s.

1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace ii. 15 Beneath this network was gummed a piece of fine cloth, called quintain.

1888 E. Lefébure Embroidery & Lace 179 The reticulations or meshes of these ‘quintains’ were made more and more open, so that at length many of these special fabrics were nothing more than nets.

1904 N. H. Moore Lace Bk. 58 The latest stage of this cut-work was made, not on coarse linen, but on fine lawn known as ‘Quintain’.

1983 S. M. Levey Lace 123 Quintain, French form of burato [sc. an Italian gauze-weave fabric].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quintain
释义	quintainn.¹ Brit. /ˈkwɪntᵻn/, U.S. /ˈkwɪntn/ Forms: α. Middle English quyntene, Middle English quyntyne, Middle English qvyntene, Middle English qwyntyn, 1500s quinteine, 1500s quyntine, 1500s–1600s 1800s quintin, 1500s–1700s quintine, 1600s quinten. β. Middle English quyntayn, Middle English qwaintan (in a late copy), Middle English–1500s quyntayne, 1500s quintayne, 1500s–1600s quintan, 1500s–1800s quintaine, 1500s– quintain, 1600s quintane. γ. 1600s whintaine, 1600s whintane. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French quintine, quintaine. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman quintine, quinteine, Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French quintaine (1176 in Old French as quintainne ), probably < classical Latin quīntāna street parallel to the via principalis in a Roman camp and separating the fifth and sixth maniples, market held in this part of the camp (use as noun (perhaps short for via quīntāna ) of feminine of quīntānus of or relating to the fifth: see quintan n.), the sense development probably being from ‘street’ or ‘small street’ (for which there is some support in French regional use) to ‘run-up to a target’ to ‘target’. Compare post-classical Latin quintana, quintena (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources), and also Old Occitan quintane (c1150), Catalan quintana (late 14th cent.), Spanish quintana (1645 in an apparently isolated attestation), and Italian quintana (a1349).Currency of the word (in either English or Anglo-Norman) could perhaps be implied by the surnames Phillipus Quintyn (1235), John Quynteyn (1378), and Ancelinus Quyntyn (1402), although these are more probably derived from either the Anglo-Norman personal name Quentin or from the Normandy place name Saint-Quentin. Now historical. 1. A stout post or plank, or some object mounted on such a support, set up as a target to be tilted at (on horseback or on foot) with lances, poles, etc., or thrown at with darts, as an exercise of skill. Also: the exercise of tilting at such a target.The structure of the target, the method of attacking it, and the circumstances in which the exercise would be undertaken varied considerably. In some cases the post or block had to be struck so that the weapon would break; in others the target was a revolving figure or a weighted bar which would swing round and strike the unskilful tilter. In the Middle Ages tilting at the quintain was undertaken as a knightly exercise; in the 17th and 18th centuries it is mentioned as a favourite country sport, esp. at weddings. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > [noun] > tilting at quintain quintain1440 quintaining?1578 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > [noun] > tilting at quintain > quintain fanc1405 quintain1440 van1458 quintel1617 α. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 421 Quyntyne [?a1475 Winch. Quyntene], quirinarium. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1913) II. l. 8749 A qwyntyn [Fr. vne quintaine] they reryd there besyde jn a fayr medewe. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 178 Bersault, a quyntine. ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 26 Before the Castl..whear az waz pight a cumly quintine for featz at armz. 1633 W. Prynne tr. Synodus Lingonensis in Histrio-Mastix 600/2 Neither may they play at quintins, at torneies, or justs. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia A Quintin..is set fast in the ground in the Highway, where the Bride and Bridegroom are to pass. 1707 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 334 Sports on the Sabbath amongst which the Quintine. 1843 S. R. Hole Hints to Freshmen 35 Quintin, tennis, cricket,..and other accomplishments..you must acquire as opportunity serves. 1885 J. Payn Talk of Town I. 137 That ancient game the quintin. β. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 133 After mete was the quyntayne reysed.a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) cxii. sig. Gii Than Hector caused a faire quintayne to be pyght vp in the myddes of the cyte, & therat ran these yonge knyghtes, brekynge and sheueringe of theyr speres.c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy* 1627 Somur qwenes and qwaintans & oþer qwaint gaumes.1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Quintaine, a Quintane (or Whintane) for countrey youthes to runne at.1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. iv. 342 Keelpins,..quintans..which are the common recreations of country folkes.1693 London Gaz. No. 2845/2 This day there is to be a Carousel, viz. Running at the Quintain and the Ring.1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Custom is still retain'd in Shropshire, and some other Counties, among the Nuptial Solemnities—He that breaks the most Poles against the Quintain has the Prize.1776 T. Mortimer Brit. Plutarch (new ed.) II. 97 There were bear-baitings, fire-works, Italian tumblers, and a country wake, running at the quintain, and morrice-dancing.1818 W. Scott Chivalry in Encycl. Brit.: Suppl. to 4th–6th Eds. III. i. 126/2 Making him ride a career against a wooden figure holding a buckler called a quintaine.1898 Westm. Gaz. 26 July 10/1 This quintain [at Offham, Kent] (said to be the only surviving specimen in England).1938 T. H. White Sword in Stone vii. 101 He was also sore about the shoulders and had a burning red ear, from making bosh shots at the quintain—for, of course, practise tilting was done without armour.1963 Metrop. Mus. Art. Bull. 22 74/3 The back portrays a variety of the medieval game of quintain.1992 A. Bell tr. M. Toussaint-Samat Hist. Food xi. 354 The game is reminiscent of tilting at the quintain, with birds taking the place of the dummy. †2. figurative and in extended use. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 167 (MED) I am the quyntyne [a1500 Rawl. v.r. the butt; Fr. le bersault] agains whom iche man shootes arowes of tribulacion. 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. iv. 32 Paune thou no gloue..Nor make thy Quintaine others armed head. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. ii. 240 That which here stands vp Is but a quintine, a meere liuelesse blocke. View more context for this quotation 1641 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. F. Biondi Hist. Civil Warres Eng. I. i. 20 Imagining himself to bee..the only quintan those lances addressed themselves against. 1694 S. Johnson Notes Pastoral Let. 98 [It] was afterwards set up by it self for a Countrey Quintin, to be thrown at by all the Loyal Sparks of the Nation. ?1850 W. B. Bernard Passing Cloud ii. 35 I'm a sort of Quintain, to-day—set up to be thrust at. 1865 London Rev. 24 June 672/2 Homer is the quintain of most hexametrographers. Compounds General attributive, as quintain knight, quintain post, etc. ΚΠ ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 62 Her quintine knights & proper bickerings of the Couentree men. 1798 J. Boaden Cambro-Britons ii. 44 Despised, insulted, made a quintain block, For every clown to run a tilt against. 1857 A. Trollope Barchester Towers III. 31 The quintain post stood..before him. 2005 Wyoming Tribune-Eagle (Cheyenne, Wyoming) (Nexis) 2 Sept. 15 A quintain shield is set on a post for the third event. It is hit as hard possible with a jousting pole. Derivatives ˈquintaining n. rare the action of tilting at the quintain. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > [noun] > tilting at quintain quintain1440 quintaining?1578 ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 31 Theez ryderz..leaft thear quintining, and ran one at a noother. 1968 Winnipeg Free Press 10 Feb. (Suppl.) 7/4 ‘Quintaining’..is an exercise in which the knight rides toward a suspended target in the proper way so as not to have it reciprocate by hitting him on the back. 1999 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 5 July 19 Stars include Phil Humphrey, the world quintaining champion, and Peter Webster, a silver medal winner in the World Jousting Championships. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). quintainn.² Brit. /ˈkwɪntᵻn/, U.S. /ˈkwɪntn/ Forms: 1500s quintaine, 1900s– quintain. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin quīntus , quatrain n. Etymology: < classical Latin quīntus fifth (see quint n.¹) + -ain (in quatrain n.). Compare cinquain n. rare. A stanza of five lines. Cf. cinquain n. b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > stanza > cinquain or pentastich quintain1589 pentastich1656 cinquain1882 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. x. 73 This is in a staffe of..ten verses: whereas without a band in the middle, it would seeme..two quintaines. 1941 Slavonic Year-bk. 1 72 He commented that in this quintain ‘there was more of the national Russian than in all the poetry of Pushkin’. 2001 New Stateman (Nexis) 16 July Lasdun's use of..form is deft and precise, whether in the expert slant-rhymes of a poem such as ‘Property: the bear’ or the elegant quintains of ‘The Apostate’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). quintainn.³ Brit. /ˈkwɪntᵻn/, /ˈkwɪnteɪn/, U.S. /ˈkwɪntn/, /ˈkwɪnˌteɪn/ Forms: 1600s–1700s quintin, 1800s– quintain. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French quintin, quintain. Etymology: < French quintin, †quintain (1611 in Cotgrave; 16th cent. in Middle French as quintain ) < Quintin , the name of the town in Brittany where this kind of material was originally produced. Compare quentin n. Now chiefly historical. A fine sheer material similar to lawn, originally made in Quintin in Brittany and frequently used as a ground for embroidery; (also) a piece or quantity of this (usually in plural, in early use sometimes treated as singular). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [noun] > thin, light, or delicate valencec1381 Paris crisp1400 rill1440 tuke1477 utter-fine1529 Worcester1551 cypress1577 borato1578 burat1588 quintain1674 tissue1732 zephyrine1820 summer weight1873 Palm Beach1913 sheer1934 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > linen > types of > fine > lawn > types of pleasance1426 lumberdyne1548 cobweb lawn1603 French lawn1629 quintain1674 lawna1732 grass lawn1843 Indiana1927 1674 in Some Further Observ. Treaty Navigation & Commerce (1713) (ed. 2) (table) 2500 Pieces of Quintins, at 0 10 0 per Pc. 1721 C. King Brit. Merchant II. 348 809 pieces of Quintins at 10s. 1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace ii. 15 Beneath this network was gummed a piece of fine cloth, called quintain. 1888 E. Lefébure Embroidery & Lace 179 The reticulations or meshes of these ‘quintains’ were made more and more open, so that at length many of these special fabrics were nothing more than nets. 1904 N. H. Moore Lace Bk. 58 The latest stage of this cut-work was made, not on coarse linen, but on fine lawn known as ‘Quintain’. 1983 S. M. Levey Lace 123 Quintain, French form of burato [sc. an Italian gauze-weave fabric]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1440n.²1589n.³1674
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