quoit

• n. 铁圈；金属环
• vt. 投掷
• vi. 玩套环游戏

词源不详，可能来自古法语coite,石板，平的石块，来自coilte的拼写变体，即quilt,垫子。因这种游戏最早投小石块而得名。

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

quoit (n.)

late 14c., "curling stone," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old French coite "flat stone" (with which the game was originally played), literally "cushion," variant of coilte (see quilt (n.)). Quoits were among the games prohibited by Edward III and Richard II to encourage archery. In reference to a heavy flat iron ring (and the tossing game played with it) it is recorded from mid-15c.