Definition of "joisting" []

• Present participle of joist. (verb)

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• "Maybe the whole nation should just stop going to court - start up dueling and joisting as a way to settle disputes."
• "In the windows sat stately dames and beautiful maidens, featly adorned, and gazed down at the joisting of the warriors, till that the king himself began to tilt with his kinsmen."
• "Even cast iron, one inch thick, laid on tiles and cement three inches thick, has allowed fire to pass through both, to the boarding and joisting below, merely from the fire in an open fire-place being taken off and laid on the hearth."