What does quoit mean in crosswords?

quoit means: game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits

Which crossword clues can have quoit as the answer?

Possible clues for quoit include "Tossing ring", "Ring-toss piece".

Word entry · 5 letters

Best crossword clue

"Tossing ring"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /kɔɪt/Part of speech nounSorted ioqtuStarts with QEnds with T2 clues

1Q2U3O4I5T

game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits

From Middle English coyte (“flat stone”), from Old French coite, from Latin culcita. Doublet of quilt.

“He heard then a warm heavy sigh, softer, as she turned over and the loose brass quoits of the bedstead jingled. Must get those settled really.”
“This quoit was brought from a karn about a furlong distance, near which is another cromlech, not so large.”
“Then, to preſerve the Fame of ſuch a deed, / For Python ſlain, he [Phoebus or Apollo] Pythian Games decreed. / Where Noble Youths for Maſterſhip ſhou'd ſtrive, / To Quoit, to Run, and Steeds and Chariots drive.”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

01“Tossing ring”5 letters

02“Ring-toss piece”5 letters

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