quintain

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At Quintain Living's Canada Gardens building in Wembley there is an area of allotments beds.

From BBC

Next to Wembley Stadium, Quintain is developing what will be the largest BTR project in the UK, with over 5,000 homes.

From BBC

At present the field was only used as a practice-ground for tilting, so a quintain had been erected at one end and a ring at the other.

From Literature

The quintain was a wooden Saracen on a pole.

From Literature

He was also sore about the shoulders and had a burning ear, from making bosh shots at the quintain— for, of course, practice tilting was done without armour.

From Literature