Definition of "quoit" []

• Upper Northern U.S. A game in which flat rings of iron or rope are pitched at a stake, with points awarded for encircling it. (noun)
• Upper Northern U.S. One of the rings used in this game. (noun)

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• "This was why: Before Sabol left, the two played a backyard game called quoit, similar to horseshoes."
• "Olympic truce; and among these is Aristotle the philosopher, who adduces as a proof of it the quoit which is at Olympia, on which the name of"
• "The Discus was a kind of quoit of a round form, made sometimes of wood, but more frequently of stone, lead, or other metal; as iron or brass."