quintain

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noun

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.

Quintain in a sentence

My better parts Are all thrown down; and that which here stands up Is but a quintain, a mere lifeless block.

At Offham, in Kent, tilting at the quintain provides a climax to the day's revels.

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