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# quoit

noun (quoits in the plural)

«quoit» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A quoit is a flat ring of rope, metal or rubber that is thrown so that it lands over a peg. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quoit/#m1)
2. Quoits is the game of throwing these rings at a peg. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quoit/#m2)

### In the lessons

in sports and old games, such as the contests at a king's games where prizes were won

### Examples

- The boys played quoits on the lawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quoit/#x1)
- He threw the quoit and it landed on the peg. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quoit/#x2)
- At the games, the best quoit-throwers won prizes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quoit/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «quoit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quoit/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«quoit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/quoit.html) on Mova free.