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UK
/kwˈɔɪt/
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NOUN
- game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits
How To Use quoit In A Sentence
- To think some people believe a cruise is all dinner jackets and deck quoits! The Sun
- The surface of a sphere is a good example, as is a torus (the mathematical name for the shape of the surface of a quoit, or a ring-shaped doughnut).
- This was why: Before Sabol left, the two played a backyard game called quoit, similar to horseshoes. Freep.com - RSS
- Hundreds of tarred and burning hoops were skilfully quoited around the necks of the soldiers, who struggled in vain to extricate themselves from these fiery ruffs, while as fast as any of the invaders planted foot upon the breach, they were confronted face to face with sword and dagger by the burghers, who hurled them headlong into the moat below. A Wanderer in Holland
- Deck Quoits played with quoits made from rope has been a popular pastime on cruise ships for decades.
- The most vicious battles he's likely to have seen in his 52 years will have been on the quoits deck. Times, Sunday Times
- Organisers are also looking for community organisations to run antiquated fair games such a quoits and bob-the-apple to add to the atmosphere of the day.
- The surface of a sphere is a good example, as is a torus (the mathematical name for the shape of the surface of a quoit, or a ring-shaped doughnut).
- Quoits and shuffleboard, darts and table tennis are enjoyed by passengers of all ages. Times, Sunday Times
- A dolmen (also known as cromlech (Welsh), anta, Hünengrab, Hunebed, Goindol, quoit, and portal dolmen) is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of three or more upright stones supporting a large flat horizontal capstone (table). Recently Uploaded Slideshows