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- Dictionaryjoust/dʒaʊst/
verb
- 1. (of a medieval knight) engage in a sporting contest in which two opponents on horseback fight with lances: historical "to joust, a man must have an opponent to ride against"
- 2. compete closely for superiority: "the guerrillas jousted for supremacy"
noun
- 1. a medieval sporting contest in which two opponents on horseback fought with lances: "the king and the young knights at court passed their time in jousts, tournaments, and the chase"
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JOUST definition: 1. (in the past) to fight with a lance (= a long pointed weapon) while riding on a horse…. Learn more.
noun. 1. a. : a combat on horseback between two knights with lances especially as part of a tournament.
noun. a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances. this type of combat fought in a highly formalized manner as part of a tournament. jousts, a tournament. a personal competition or struggle.
To joust is to fight against someone, usually using lances, on horseback. Such a contest is called a joust . If you've ever seen a movie or TV show about medieval times, you might have seen two knights jousting.
JOUST meaning: 1. (in the past) to fight with a lance (= a long pointed weapon) while riding on a horse…. Learn more.
When two or more people or organizations joust, they compete to see who is better. [literary] Lawyers joust in the courtroom. [VERB] The oil company jousts with Esso for lead position in U.K. sales. [VERB + with] Synonyms: compete, fight, contend, vie More Synonyms of joust. Joust is also a noun.
Jousting is a medieval and renaissance martial game or hastilude between two combatants either on horse or on foot. The joust became an iconic characteristic of the knight in Romantic medievalism. The term is derived from Old French joster, ultimately from Latin iuxtare "to approach, to meet".
noun. /dʒaʊst/. /dʒaʊst/. an event in which people fight on horses using a long stick (= a lance) to try to knock the other person off their horse, especially as part of a formal contest in the past. a medieval joust.
Joust definition: A personal competition or combat suggestive of combat with lances.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023 How to use joust in a sentence Those mighty enquiries were the intellectual jousts and tournaments of the age of chivalry and knight errantry.
