joust
A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances…A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
» To contend in a joust, be it verbal, one must also behave in a chivalrous way.
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1 sensesA tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
medieval joust
Tjost, Lanzenstechen, Lanzenzweikampf
турни́рturnír, поеди́нокpojedínok
a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
Examples
2 sentencesTo contend in a joust, be it verbal, one must also behave in a chivalrous way.
A medieval joust is held in the town of Arezzo every year.
ruВ городе Ареццо каждый год проводится средневековый рыцарский турнир. — Wezel
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French jouster (modern French jouter), from VulgarFrom Middle English, borrowed from Old French jouster (modern French jouter), from Vulgar Latin *juxtō, *iuxtō, *iuxtāre, from Latin iūxta (“close to”). English since the early 14th century.
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