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Definitions of joust in various dictionaries:
noun - a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
verb - joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback
A combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances; a tilting match.
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| Tournament, as well as this 5-letter word, can be used to describe mounted combat between medieval knights |
| Lists were roped-off enclosures where mounted medieval knights did this |
| A tiltilng match |
| Combat involving horses & blunted lances |
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| compete closely for superiority. |
| a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances |
| joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback |
| (in the past) to fight with a lance ( a long pointed weapon) while riding on a horse, especially as a sport |
| to compete, especially for power or control: |
| A combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances a tilting match. |
| A series of tilting matches a tournament. |
| A personal competition or combat suggestive of combat with lances: a politician who relishes a joust with reporters. |
| To engage in mounted combat with lances tilt. |
| To engage in a personal combat or competition. |
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Jousting is a martial game or hastilude between two horsemen wielding lances with blunted tips, often as part of a tournament. The primary aim was to replicate a clash of heavy cavalry, with each participant trying hard to strike the opponent while riding towards him at high speed, if possible breaking the lance on the opponent's shield or jousting armour, or unhorsing him. The joust became an iconic characteristic of the knight in Romantic medievalism. The participants experience close to three and a quarter times their body weight in G-forces when the lances collide with their armor.The term is derived from Old French joster, ultimately from Latin iuxtare "to approach, to meet". The word was loaned into Middle English around 1300, when jousting was a very popular sport among the Anglo-Norman knighthood. The synonym tilt dates ca. 1510. * Jousting is based on the military use of the lance by heavy cavalry. It transformed into a specialised sport during the Late Middle Ages, and remained |