名詞 quoit:

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

quoit

n.Upper Northern U.S. （名詞）【美國(guó)北端】
quoits (used with a sing. verb)A game in which flat rings of iron or rope are pitched at a stake, with points awarded for encircling it.
quoits （與單數(shù)動(dòng)詞連用）擲環(huán)套樁游戲：一種游戲，將扁平的鐵圈或繩套擲向標(biāo)樁，套中者獎(jiǎng)以得分
One of the rings used in this game.
鐵圈：在這種游戲中使用的一個(gè)套環(huán)

來(lái)源：
Middle English coyte [flat stone, quoit]
中古英語(yǔ) coyte [扁平的石頭，套樁游戲]
from Old French coilte, coite
源自 古法語(yǔ) coilte, coite
from Latin culcita [cushion]
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) culcita [墊子]

<注釋>The gamequoits derives its name from quoit, specifically denoting a heavy iron ringslightly convex on the outside and concave inside,configured so as to give it an edge for cutting into the ground.Both the game and the term are associated almost exclusively with the Upper North (the northernmost tier of states from New York State westward to North Dakota).In fact,quoits is one of a dozen terms that are most reliable for delineating the Upper North dialect boundary.
quoits 這種游戲的名稱(chēng)是從 quoit 一詞而來(lái)的， 特指一種沉笨的鐵環(huán)，外面略凸，內(nèi)部略凹。這種造型是為了使它有一邊刃可以切入地面。這種游戲和詞語(yǔ)幾乎只和美國(guó)上北部有關(guān)（美國(guó)最北部的幾個(gè)州，從紐約州向西至北達(dá)科他州）。實(shí)際上，quoits 是十多個(gè)最可靠的用來(lái)標(biāo)明上北部方言界線(xiàn)的詞語(yǔ)之一