quoit Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits

WordNet

Quoit noun
Etymology
OE. coite; cf. OF. coitier to spur, press, (assumed) LL. coctare, fr. L. coquere, coctum, to cook, burn, vex, harass, E. cook, also W. coete a quoit.
Definitions
  1. (a) A flattened ring-shaped piece of iron, to be pitched at a fixed object in play; hence, any heavy flat missile used for the same purpose, as a stone, piece of iron, etc. (b) pl. A game played with quoits. Shak.
  2. The discus of the ancients. See Discus.
  3. A cromlech. Prov. Eng. J. Morley.
Quoit intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To throw quoits; to play at quoits.
    To quoit, to run, and steeds and chariots drive. Dryden.
Quoit transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To throw; to pitch. Obs. or R. Shak.

Webster 1913