An object used to help train a knight It consisted of a shield and dummie suspended from a swinging pole When the shield was hit by a charging squire, the whole apparatus would rotate The squire's task was to avoid the rotating arms and not get knocked from the sadle
() From Middle English quintaine, from Middle French, from Latin quintana, the feminine of quintanus 'fifth-ranking', from quintus 'fifth', from quinque 'five'