quoit /kɔɪt/noun 5verb 2forms 3 noun5 •A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits.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. — 1922 •A ring of rubber or rope similarly used in the game of deck-quoits. •The discus used in ancient sports. •The flat stone covering a cromlech.This quoit was brought from a karn about a furlong distance, near which is another cromlech, not so large. — 1817 •An ancient burial mound, synonymous with dolmen. verb2 •To play quoits. •To throw like a quoit.Each took / His station, and Epeüs seized the clod. / He swung, he cast it, and the Greecians laugh'd. / Leonteus, branch of Mars, quoited it next. — 1791 formsquoited · quoiting · quoits
