quoit

A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits.

Noun

A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits.
- He heard then a warm heavy sigh, softer, as she turned over and the loose brass quoits of the bedstead jingled. Must get those settled really. - 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 4: Calypso]”, in Ulysses, Paris:...
A ring of rubber or rope similarly used in the game of deck-quoits.
The flat stone covering a cromlech.
- This quoit was brought from a karn about a furlong distance, near which is another cromlech, not so large. - 1817, Charles Sandoe Gilbert, A Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall, page 175:
An ancient burial mound, synonymous with dolmen.
The discus used in ancient sports.

From Middle English coyte (“flat stone”), from Old French coite, from Latin culcita. Doublet of quilt.

To play quoits.
- Then, to preſerve the Fame of ſuch a deed, / For Python ſlain, he [Phoebus or Apollo] Pythian Games decreed. / Where Noble Youths for Maſterſhip ſhou'd ſtrive, / To Quoit, to Run, and Steeds and Chariots drive. - 1717,...
To throw like a quoit.
- Each took / His ſtation, and Epeüs ſeized the clod. / He ſwung, he caſt it, and the Greecians laugh'd. / Leonteus, branch of Mars, quoited it next. - 1791, Homer, “[The Iliad.] Book XXIII.”, in W[illiam] Cowper,...
Synonyms: fling toss bung cast chuck chunk cook dash dump feck jerk heave hield hoy huck hurl hurtle launch lob peck peg pick pitch precipitate