quintain

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The street in a Roman military camp separating the fifth and sixth manipels

The quintana was commonly used for exercices.

{n} a post with a turning top
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
a post for tilting at
An object to be tilted at; called also quintel
quintain

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    quin·tain

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    () From Middle English quintaine, from Middle French, from Latin quintana, the feminine of quintanus 'fifth-ranking', from quintus 'fifth', from quinque 'five'
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