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Joust (Gladiators)
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noun
(1)
A combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
verb
(2)
Joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback
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Noun
A
tilt
ing
match
: a mock combat between two mounted
knight
s or men-at-arms using
lance
s in the lists or enclosed field.
Verb
To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two
knight
s in the lists; to
tilt
.
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