quoit

UK/kɔɪt/ US/kɔɪt/ uncommon

noun

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

Origin

From Middle English coyte (“flat stone”), from Old French coite, from Latin culcita. Doublet of quilt.

Related words

Word family

quoits

Broader terms

game equipment

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