Quoit

Definitions

1. A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits.
2. A ring of rubber or rope similarly used in the game of deck-quoits.
3. The flat stone covering a cromlech.
4. An ancient burial mound, synonymous with dolmen.
5. The discus used in ancient sports.

Equivalents

Examples

“He heard then a warm heavy sigh⟳, softer, as she turned over and the loose brass quoits of the bedstead jingled. Must get⟳ those settled really.”

“This quoit was brought from a karn about a furlong distance, near which is another cromlech, not so large.”

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