quoits

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɔɪts/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kɔɪts/, /kwɔɪts/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪts

Noun

quoits

1. plural of quoit

Noun

quoits (uncountable)

1. A competitive game in which players throw rings, aiming to land them over vertical sticks.
   • 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros‎^[1], London: Jonathan Cape, page 7:

     And now they were ready to set forth by twos and threes into the parks and pleasaunces, some to take their pleasure about the fair gardens and fishponds, some to hunt wild game among the wooded hills, some to disport themselves at quoits or tennis or riding at the ring or martial exercises; […]

Anagrams

• toquis