JOUST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does joust mean? 

• JOUST (noun)
  The noun JOUST has 1 sense:

1. a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances

  Familiarity information: JOUST used as a noun is very rare.

• JOUST (verb)
  The verb JOUST has 1 sense:

1. joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback

  Familiarity information: JOUST used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JOUST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

joust; tilt

Hypernyms ("joust" is a kind of...):

battle; struggle (an energetic attempt to achieve something)

Holonyms ("joust" is a part of...):

tournament (a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize)

Derivation:

joust (joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback)

• JOUST (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they joust    ... he / she / it jousts   
Past simple: jousted   
Past participle: jousted   
-ing form: jousting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "joust" is one way to...):

contend; fight; struggle (be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "joust"):

tilt (charge with a tilt)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

joust (a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances)

 Context examples 

He hath won much honor at the jousting before the prince, when he alone was able to make it good against a very valiant man from France.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Because they have passed me over in choosing those who should joust for England.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“He is now ready, sire,” he said, “albeit his destrier has travelled many miles this day, and fast, for we were in fear lest we come too late for the jousting.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But I pray you, squire, to tell your master that he is very welcome to our court, and that wines and spices will be served him, if he would refresh himself before jousting.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

So used were the good burghers of Bordeaux to martial display and knightly sport, that an ordinary joust or tournament was an everyday matter with them.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was he, sire, who won the golden crown which Queen Philippa, your royal mother, gave to be jousted for by all the knights of England after the harrying of Calais.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Some day, perchance, in joust or in tourney, knight may wish to wear my colors, and then I shall tell him that if he does indeed crave my favor there is wrong unredressed, and the wronger the Socman of Minstead.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He rode no more to the wars, but he found his way to every jousting within thirty miles; and the Hampshire youth treasured it as the highest honor when a word of praise fell from him as to their management of their horses, or their breaking of their lances.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There had been frost during the night, and the white hard road rang loud under their horses' irons as they spurred through the east gate of the town, along the same broad highway which the unknown French champion had traversed on the day of the jousts.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

On the morning after the jousting, when Alleyne Edricson went, as was his custom, into his master's chamber to wait upon him in his dressing and to curl his hair, he found him already up and very busily at work.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)