jousts
Mounted combat contests
Jousts are medieval combat contests between mounted knights charging at each other with lances, typically as tournament entertainment.
The singular joust names either the event or an individual encounter within it.
Figuratively, any competitive clash between rivals: The debate became a joust between two opposing philosophies.
To joust is to engage in such combat, literal or metaphorical.
Long thrusting weapon
- knightHonored mounted soldier
- tiltAngular deviation from level
- armorProtective combat covering
- chargerPower-restoring device or mount
lists · herald · quintain · pavilion · squire · visor · gauntlet · caparison
Violent disagreement or collision
- chargeCost or accusation
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
thrust · knockdown · contest · duel · bout · opponent · victory · defeat
Ongoing contest between opponents
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- matchupScheduled competitive pairing
- showdownDecisive final confrontation
- face-offDirect clash between opponents
contenders · opponents · championship · elimination · bracket · victor · loser · rounds
lance
Long thrusting weapon
charger · lists · herald · quintain · pavilion · squire · visor · gauntlet · caparison · barrier
clash
Violent disagreement or collision
- chargeCost or accusation
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- collisionForceful contact between objects
strike · thrust · knockdown · contest · duel · bout · opponent · victory · defeat · challenge
rivalry
Ongoing contest between opponents
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- matchupScheduled competitive pairing
- showdownDecisive final confrontation
face-off · contenders · opponents · championship · elimination · bracket · victor · loser · rounds · spectacle
debate
Formal argument on issues
repartee · duel · wit · rivalry · confrontation · contest · barb · retort · thrust · parry
- medievalknights, castles, cathedral, kings, queens
- medieval lifechivalry, royal courts, knighthood, falconry, feasting
- historical activitiesarchery, blacksmithing, falconry, feasting, forging
- ArthurianKing Arthur, Camelot, Excalibur, Merlin, Lancelot
- historic momentsturning points, heroic act, triumphs, sacrifice, victories
- Old Gameschess, backgammon, checkers, draughts, mancala
joustshand-to-hand combat
Fighting without distance weapons
wrestling · sieges · melee · ambushes · skirmishes
joustsnegotiations
Formal discussion seeking agreement
treaties · diplomacy · parleys · truces · surrenders
- jousting tournamentsMounted lance combat competitions