quin|tain

quin|tain
quin|tain «KWIHN tihn», noun.
in the Middle Ages:
1. a post set up as a mark to be tilted at.
2. the exercise of tilting at a target.
[< Old French quintaine < Medieval Latin quintana, apparently < Latin quīntāna market place of a Roman camp, (originally) placed between the stations of the fifth and sixth maniples < quīntus fifth (maniple)]

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