Definition of joust Joust

/ʤawˈst/ - [jawst] - joust

We found 9 definitions of joust from 6 different sources.

What does joust mean?

Noun Plural: jousts
joust - a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
		tilt
		battle, struggle a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
		tournament a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
Verb jousts, jousting, jousted
joust - joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback
		fight, struggle, contend fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"
		tilt charge with a tilt

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joust (Noun)
A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
joust (Verb)
To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.

joust (v. i.)
To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.
joust (v. i.)
A tilting match; a mock combat on horseback between two knights in the lists or inclosed field.

joust
jōōst, Just, just, n. the encounter of two knights on horseback at a tournament.—v.i. to run in the tilt. [O. Fr. jouste, joste—L. juxta, nigh to.]

joust
An exercise of arms and horsemanship, performed in the Middle Ages by knights and nobles. In the joust, the combatants engaged one another singly, each against his antagonist. The weapon most in use in the joust was the lance, but sometimes the battle-axe and sword were employed. To direct the lance anywhere but at the body of the antagonist was reckoned foul play. In the joust of peace, or joute de plaisance, a foot encounter preceded the mounted combat.

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