quintain noun. ['kwɪntɪn] LME.
[Old French quintaine, -eine, medieval Latin quintana, -ena, usu. taken as identical with Latin quintana market of a camp, from quintus: see QUINTAN.]
Hist. (An object mounted on) a post or plank as a target for tilting at with a lance etc., used esp. as an exercise of skill for a horseman. Also, the exercise of tilting at such a target.

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