quin.tain

n.（名詞）
A post or an object mounted on a post, used as a target in tilting exercises.
矛靶：立柱或安置在立柱上的物體，用作持矛沖刺練習(xí)中的目標(biāo)

來(lái)源：
Middle English quintaine
中古英語(yǔ) quintaine
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
probably from Latin quont3na (via) [fifth (street in a Roman camp, supposedly used for military exercises)]
可能源自 拉丁語(yǔ) quont3na (via) [第五街（羅馬人營(yíng)壘中的街道，據(jù)推測(cè)用于軍事操練）]
from quontus [fifth] * see penk we
源自 quontus [第五] *參見(jiàn) penk we