joust

«joust» in Mova's school dictionary: To joust was to fight on horseback with long wooden poles… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (joust, jousts, jousted, jousting); noun (a joust, jousts)

meaning for a pupil

1) To joust was to fight on horseback with long wooden poles called lances, as knights did in the Middle Ages, often as a sport at tournaments. tree →

2) A joust is one such contest between two knights. tree →

3) To joust can also mean to argue or compete, as people do in a debate. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons about castles, knights and the Middle Ages, and in stories and fairs where jousting is shown. In news, politicians «joust» in debates. Phrases: «a jousting tournament», «joust with», «verbal jousting».

examples

• The knights jousted in front of the king. tree →
• Each knight tried to knock the other off his horse in the joust. tree →
• We watched a jousting show at the castle. tree →
• Jousting was a dangerous sport. tree →
• The knight's lance broke during the joust. tree →
• The two candidates jousted on television. tree →
• In the story, the young squire won his first joust. tree →
• Jousting knights wore heavy armour. tree →

note

Regular verb. Say «jowst» (rhymes with «doused») or «just». A tournament was a big event with many jousts.

In the corpora

• At tournaments knights jousted, charging at each other on horseback with blunted lances in front of cheering crowds.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «joust» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.