hastilude

English

Etymology

From Latin hastiludum, from hasta (“spear”) and ludus (“sport, game”).

Noun

hastilude (plural hastiludes)

1. A medieval martial game.
   • 1954, C. S. Lewis, chapter 4, in The Horse and His Boy, Collins, published 1998:

     For I take you all to witness what marvelous feats he did in that great tournament and hastilude which our brother the High King made for him […]

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