verb [V]
1 to fight on horses using a long stick (= a LANCE) to try to knock the other person off their horse, especially as part of a formal contest in the past
2 (formal) to argue with sb, especially as part of a formal or public debate
joust noun
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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