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Joust

noun

A combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances. Synonym: tilt.

verb

Joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback.

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"Joust" Quotes from Famous Books

... since ye called you a king, You must prove a worthy thing That falls into the weir. You must joust in tournament, But sit you fast, else you'll be shent,[286] Else ...

— Everyman and Other Old Religious Plays, with an Introduction • Anonymous

... service to the ladies had now reached the point where he picked out a lady to serve loyally. His endeavor was to please her in all things, in order that he might be known as her knight, and wear her glove or scarf as a badge or favor when he entered the lists of a joust or tournament. ...

— The Junior Classics, V4 • Willam Patten (Editor)

... said Edward, "are we to have a joust? Dost look for phantom Saracens out of yonder fountain, such as my Dona tells me rise out of the fair wells in Castille, wring their hands and ...

— The Prince and the Page • Charlotte M. Yonge

... away, the host pressed the English lord to bide long as a guest, promising rest for horse, and refreshment and pleasure for man, with many a joust, or feat at arms, for those who wished to learn ...

— The Prose Marmion - A Tale of the Scottish Border • Sara D. Jenkins

... and in a dream I smote resistless; foemen in my path Fell unregarded, like the wayside flowers Clipped by the truant's staff in daisied lanes. For over me burned lustrous the dear eyes Of my beloved; I strove as at a joust To gain at end the guerdon of her smile. And ever, as in the dense melee I dashed, Her name burst from my lips, as lightning breaks Out of the plunging wrack of ...

— Pike County Ballads and Other Poems • John Hay

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