/kwin"tn/ , n.
1. an object mounted on a post or attached to a movable crossbar mounted on a post, used as a target in the medieval sport of tilting.
2. the sport of tilting at a quintain.
[ 1400-50; late ME quyntain object for tilting at quintaine or ML quintana, of obscure orig.; the alleged connection with L quintana "market place in a military camp" is dubious ]