Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To play quoits. · To throw like a quoit.
A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits. · A ring of rubber or rope similarly used in the game of deck-quoits. · The flat stone covering a cromlech. · An ancient burial mound, synonymous with dolmen.
From Middle English coyte (“flat stone”), from Old French coite, from Latin culcita. Doublet of quilt.
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