Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Spear-play: a name given to justs or tilts, and less accurately to tourneys or tournaments. See these words.
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Examples
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For I take you all to witness what marvellous feats he did in that great tournament and hastilude which our brother the High King made for him, and how meekly and courteously he consorted with us the space of seven days.
The Horse And His Boy Lewis, C S 1954
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For I take you all to witness what marvellous feats he did in that great tournament and hastilude which our brother the High King made for him, and how meekly and courteously he consorted with us the space of seven days.
The Horse and His Boy Lewis, C. S. 1954
qms commented on the word hastilude
Old Camelot’s typical habitude
Promoted a genial placitude.
Their war was all talk
And battles were mock,
Replcaed by fine costume and haslitude.
November 14, 2017