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单词 quintain
释义 quintain
 /kwin"tn/,  n.  
  1. an object mounted on a post or attached to a movable crossbar mounted on a post, used as a target in the medieval sport of tilting.
  2. the sport of tilting at a quintain.
 [1400-50; late ME quyntain object for tilting at < MF quintaine or ML quintana, of obscure orig.; the alleged connection with L quintana "market place in a military camp" is dubious]
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