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- noun Plural form of
quintain .
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Examples
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The boys in their short, colored surcoats made a fine display as they charged the quintains on horseback or dueled each other with blunted swords, while trainers looked on and criticized.
Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003
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To rear up seven quintains the Cid next morning bade;
The Lay of the Cid ca. 1043-1099 Cid 1071
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