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Antonyms for jousts

Grammar : Noun
Spell : joust, juhst, joost
Phonetic Transcription : dÊ’aÊŠst, dÊ’ÊŒst, dÊ’ust

Definition of jousts

Origin :
  • c.1300, "fight with a spear or lance on horseback with another knight; tilt in a tournament," from Old French joster "to joust, tilt," from Vulgar Latin *iuxtare "to approach, come together, meet," originally "be next to," from Latin iuxta "beside, near," related to iungere "join together" (see jugular). Formerly spelled, and until modern times pronounced, "just." Related: Jousted; jousting.
  • noun combat
Example sentences :
  • Sir Lancelot told them it was in his mind to go to the jousts at Camelot.
  • Extract from : « King Arthur's Knights » by Henry Gilbert
  • On the day of the jousts the trumpets began to blow in the field where they should be held.
  • Extract from : « King Arthur's Knights » by Henry Gilbert
  • Never was I false, and that I have shown in jousts and in tourneys.'
  • Extract from : « The Book of Romance » by Various
  • There are to be revels and jousts, revels in the Tower and jousts in Smithfield.
  • Extract from : « The Last Of The Barons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Thus may you know me, if so be you are at the jousts; but be secret, and trust no other man than Warrenton.
  • Extract from : « Robin Hood » by Paul Creswick
  • "Nay, for the jousts and single combat," cried Heinz excitedly.
  • Extract from : « In The Fire Of The Forge, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • It lures to allegory, this checkered board, these jousts and far crusades.
  • Extract from : « Expository Writing » by Mervin James Curl
  • I will give tournaments, jousts, and—and—But let us return to my domain.
  • Extract from : « The White House (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XII) » by Charles Paul de Kock
  • The jousts had been hot, though not so fierce as to be bloody.
  • Extract from : « God Wills It! » by William Stearns Davis
  • On Monday, the 13th inst., the jousts began, and continued three days.
  • Extract from : « Mary Tudor, Queen of France » by Mary Croom Brown

Synonyms for jousts

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