quoitingn.

Brit.

/ˈk(w)ɔɪtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈk(w)ɔɪtɪŋ/,

/ˈkweɪtɪŋ/

Forms:

α. Middle English cotteyng, Middle English cowytyng, Middle English coytyng, Middle English koiting, Middle English 1600s coiting, Middle English–1600s coyting, 1500s coytinge, 1500s coytynge, 1500s koyting; Scottish 1800s coiting, 1800s cutin, 1800s– kuting.

β. late Middle English queytyng, 1500s quaiting, 1500s quayting, 1500s quaytinge.

γ. 1500s qvytteng, 1600s– quoiting.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quoit n., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Apparently < quoit n. + -ing suffix¹. Compare later quoit v.

1. The action or game of playing at quoits. Also Scottish: = curling n.¹ 2.In quot. 1366, apparently in plural in same sense.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > quoits > [noun] > playing

quoiting1366

ringing1621

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > [noun]

curling1684

roaring play1786

quoiting1811

channelling1831

roaring game1844

1366 Statutes Ireland (1907–14) I. 438 (MED) Qe les comunes..ne vsent..altres Jues qe home appelle Coitinges.

1467 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 264 (MED) Luserunt ad quendam ludum illicitum et prohibitum vocatum le coytyng.

?a1500 in J. C. Tingey Rec. City of Norwich (1910) II. 317 (MED) That no maner man wyth in the cite pleye atte tenyes ne coyting ne dises, ne non other disonest pleyes, up on peyne of prisonment.

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 574/2 Suche prety playes..as chyldren be woont to playe, as cheristone, mary bone,..or quayting.

1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 9 §11 Any common house, aley or place of boulynge, coytynge [etc.].

1563 B. Googe Eglogs Epytaphes & Sonettes sig. C.iiii^v Suche thynges wherin, we Shepeheardes haue delyght, As in Quaiting.

1584 in E. R. Brinkworth Archdeacon's Court (1942) 217 For quaytinge in service tyme..w^th sheppherdes.

a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. i. §8. 188 Running, Wrestling, Leaping, Coyting.

1625 P. Heylyn Μικρόκοσμος (rev. ed.) 391 The exercises were running with swift horses, whorlebats, running on foot, quoiting, wrestling, darting, shooting.

1692 O. Walker Greek & Rom. Hist. i. 158 Leaping and Quoiting, or the Discus, were not much used in the Circus.

1703 Universal Dict. at Olympia The Olympick Games were Celebrated..in 5 several Exercises, viz. Running, Leaping, Wrestling, Whorlbat and Quoiting.

1744 J. Paterson Compl. Comm. Paradise Lost 208 The valient youths exercised themselves, at running, whirlbating, quoiting, jumping and wrestling.

1799 E. Dubois Piece Family Biogr. I. 16 Wrestling, running, quoiting,..and every description of rural sport.

1811 J. Ramsay Acct. Game Curling 20 From one end of Scotland to the other, it was always named kuting, to curl, meaning nothing more than to slide upon the ice. In some parts of Ayrshire..it is pronounced coiting.

1836 E. Bulwer-Lytton Athens (1837) I. 179 At first only the footrace was exhibited, afterwards were added wrestling, leaping, quoiting.

1846 R. H. Horne Ballad Romances 132 ‘Ho! Knight,’ the vinous Satyr said, ‘A life of joy I've ever led... Wild dancing, quoiting, song, and sleep.’

1890 J. Kerr Hist. Curling ii. 27 Curling, when first practised, appears to have been a kind of quoiting on the ice... Coiting, kuting, or quoiting, was for a long time the word in common use to describe the game, and in some districts it is still applied to it.

1930 Minutes of Evid. taken before Royal Comm. on Licensing (Eng. & Wales) 1086/1 Fighting and quoiting go together generally.

1978 P. Bailey Leisure & Class in Victorian Eng. i. 9 Diverse..were the activities held in the pub or its gardens: bowling, quoiting, glee club [etc.].

2003 D. C. Watt Sports Managem. & Admin. (ed. 2) i. 12 Many working-class people did take part in sport but these tended to be the more traditional sports such as quoiting.

†2. A method of cheating at dice. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 19 If they be true dise, what shyfte wil they make to set y^e one of them with slyding, with cogging,..with coytinge as they call it.

Compounds

General attributive as, quoiting-ground, quoiting-match.

ΚΠ

1897 S. R. Crockett Lads' Love xviii. 189 He..fairly dragged me into the quoiting-ground.

1897 S. R. Crockett Lads' Love xviii. 195 The matter of the quoiting-match.

1997 T. Pynchon Mason & Dixon 397 At Dawn they go trooping out, the lot of them, to a Quoiting-Ground near the Water.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quoiting
释义	quoitingn. Brit. /ˈk(w)ɔɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈk(w)ɔɪtɪŋ/, /ˈkweɪtɪŋ/ Forms: α. Middle English cotteyng, Middle English cowytyng, Middle English coytyng, Middle English koiting, Middle English 1600s coiting, Middle English–1600s coyting, 1500s coytinge, 1500s coytynge, 1500s koyting; Scottish 1800s coiting, 1800s cutin, 1800s– kuting. β. late Middle English queytyng, 1500s quaiting, 1500s quayting, 1500s quaytinge. γ. 1500s qvytteng, 1600s– quoiting. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quoit n., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: Apparently < quoit n. + -ing suffix¹. Compare later quoit v. 1. The action or game of playing at quoits. Also Scottish: = curling n.¹ 2.In quot. 1366, apparently in plural in same sense. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > quoits > [noun] > playing quoiting1366 ringing1621 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > [noun] curling1684 roaring play1786 quoiting1811 channelling1831 roaring game1844 1366 Statutes Ireland (1907–14) I. 438 (MED) Qe les comunes..ne vsent..altres Jues qe home appelle Coitinges. 1467 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 264 (MED) Luserunt ad quendam ludum illicitum et prohibitum vocatum le coytyng. ?a1500 in J. C. Tingey Rec. City of Norwich (1910) II. 317 (MED) That no maner man wyth in the cite pleye atte tenyes ne coyting ne dises, ne non other disonest pleyes, up on peyne of prisonment. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 574/2 Suche prety playes..as chyldren be woont to playe, as cheristone, mary bone,..or quayting. 1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 9 §11 Any common house, aley or place of boulynge, coytynge [etc.]. 1563 B. Googe Eglogs Epytaphes & Sonettes sig. C.iiii^v Suche thynges wherin, we Shepeheardes haue delyght, As in Quaiting. 1584 in E. R. Brinkworth Archdeacon's Court (1942) 217 For quaytinge in service tyme..w^th sheppherdes. a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. i. §8. 188 Running, Wrestling, Leaping, Coyting. 1625 P. Heylyn Μικρόκοσμος (rev. ed.) 391 The exercises were running with swift horses, whorlebats, running on foot, quoiting, wrestling, darting, shooting. 1692 O. Walker Greek & Rom. Hist. i. 158 Leaping and Quoiting, or the Discus, were not much used in the Circus. 1703 Universal Dict. at Olympia The Olympick Games were Celebrated..in 5 several Exercises, viz. Running, Leaping, Wrestling, Whorlbat and Quoiting. 1744 J. Paterson Compl. Comm. Paradise Lost 208 The valient youths exercised themselves, at running, whirlbating, quoiting, jumping and wrestling. 1799 E. Dubois Piece Family Biogr. I. 16 Wrestling, running, quoiting,..and every description of rural sport. 1811 J. Ramsay Acct. Game Curling 20 From one end of Scotland to the other, it was always named kuting, to curl, meaning nothing more than to slide upon the ice. In some parts of Ayrshire..it is pronounced coiting. 1836 E. Bulwer-Lytton Athens (1837) I. 179 At first only the footrace was exhibited, afterwards were added wrestling, leaping, quoiting. 1846 R. H. Horne Ballad Romances 132 ‘Ho! Knight,’ the vinous Satyr said, ‘A life of joy I've ever led... Wild dancing, quoiting, song, and sleep.’ 1890 J. Kerr Hist. Curling ii. 27 Curling, when first practised, appears to have been a kind of quoiting on the ice... Coiting, kuting, or quoiting, was for a long time the word in common use to describe the game, and in some districts it is still applied to it. 1930 Minutes of Evid. taken before Royal Comm. on Licensing (Eng. & Wales) 1086/1 Fighting and quoiting go together generally. 1978 P. Bailey Leisure & Class in Victorian Eng. i. 9 Diverse..were the activities held in the pub or its gardens: bowling, quoiting, glee club [etc.]. 2003 D. C. Watt Sports Managem. & Admin. (ed. 2) i. 12 Many working-class people did take part in sport but these tended to be the more traditional sports such as quoiting. †2. A method of cheating at dice. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 19 If they be true dise, what shyfte wil they make to set y^e one of them with slyding, with cogging,..with coytinge as they call it. Compounds General attributive as, quoiting-ground, quoiting-match. ΚΠ 1897 S. R. Crockett Lads' Love xviii. 189 He..fairly dragged me into the quoiting-ground. 1897 S. R. Crockett Lads' Love xviii. 195 The matter of the quoiting-match. 1997 T. Pynchon Mason & Dixon 397 At Dawn they go trooping out, the lot of them, to a Quoiting-Ground near the Water. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1366
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