See also:

• QUINTAIN (O.. Fr. quintaine, from Lat. quintana, a street between the fifth and sixth maniples of a camp, where warlike exercises took place)

QUINTAIN (O.. Fr. quintaine, from See also:

• LAT

Lat. See also:

• QUINTANA, MANUEL JOSE (1772-1857)

quintana, a See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

street between the fifth and See also:

• SIXTH

sixth maniples of a See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp, where warlike exercises took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place)  , an See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument used in the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of See also:

• CHIVALRY (O. Fr. chevalerie, from Late Lat. caballerius)

chivalry in practising for the See also:

• TOURNAMENT, or TOURNEY (Fr. tournement, tournoi, Med. Lat. torneamentum, from tourner, to turn)

tournament . Originally perhaps the See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere See also:

• TRUNK (Fr. tronc, Lat. truncus, cut off, maimed)

trunk of a See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree upon which the See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight practised his See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword-strokes, as may be seen in an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• ILLUSTRATION

illustration reproduced in See also:

• STRUTT, JEDEDIAH (1726-1797)

Strutt's See also:

• SPORTS
• SPORTS, THE BOOK OF

Sports and Pastimes, the See also:

• QUINTAIN (O.. Fr. quintaine, from Lat. quintana, a street between the fifth and sixth maniples of a camp, where warlike exercises took place)

quintain See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed into various forms of posts at which the soldier tilted with his See also:

• LANCE

lance, not only on horseback but on See also:

• FOOT

foot and even in boats . An See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form consisted of the wooden figure of a Saracen armed with See also:

• SHIELD (0. Eng. scild, cf. Du. and Ger. Schild, Dan. Skjold; the origin is doubtful, but may be referred to the root seen in " shell " or " scale "; another suggestion connects it with Icel. skjalla, to clash, rattle; it is not connected with the Indo-Ger
• SHIELD, WILLIAM (1748—1829)

shield and sword; the See also:

• OBJECT

object being to strike the figure on the forehead directly between the eyes . This, according to Strutt, was called by the Italians " See also:

• RUNNING

running at the armed See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man " or " at the Saracen." The " pel," or See also:

• POST

post-quintain, was generally about 6 ft. high . As See also:

• LATE

late as the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century running at the quintain survived in See also:

• ENGLISH

English rural districts . In one variation of the pastime the quintain was a See also:

• TUN

tun filled with See also:

• WATER

water, which, if the See also:

• BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow was a poor one, was emptied over the striker . A later form was a post with a See also:

• CROSS

cross-piece, from which was suspended a See also:

• RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring, which the horseman endeavoured to See also:

• PIERCE, FRANKLIN (1804—1869)

pierce with his lance while at full See also:

• SPEED, JOHN (1552–1629)

speed . This See also:

• SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

sport, called " tilting at the ring," was very popular in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and on the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe in the 17th century, and is still practised as a feature of military and equestrian sport . N/ I . Quinoxaline .