quoit

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In the 14th century, quoits, a game in which a metal disc is aimed at a wooden peg was considered so diverting that King Richard II banned the general public from playing it.

From New York Times

The Harvard psychologist Jerome Frank asked people to play a game of quoits—you throw rings onto a stick, as in an amusement-park test of skill.

From The New Yorker

There were games of deck quoits and bridge.

From BBC

There was a royal Punch & Judy; beach games like skittles and quoits and a stone shelter built in the 1860s, known as the Queen's Alcove, where she would sit and survey the view.

From The Guardian

On the same evening Ireton surprised and captured a party of Rupert's men, as they were playing at quoits in Naseby.

From Project Gutenberg