Definitions For Quintain

Noun

QUINTAIN (plural QUINTAINs) (now, _, historical) 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. from 15th c.

Related terms

quintile quintuplicate

Etymology

From {{etyl, xno, en}} quintaine, quinteine, {{etyl, frm, en}} quintaine, probably from {{etyl, la, en}} quīntāna, , street separating fifth and sixth maniples in a Roman camp, feminine form of quintanus, quīntānus, pertaining to the fifth.