Emily Dickinson Lexicon

QUINT'IN, n. [Fr. quintaine, W. çwintan, a hymeneal game.]

An upright post on the top of which turned a cross piece, on one end of which was fixed a broad board, and on the other a sand bag. The play was to tilt or ride against the broad end with a lance, and pass without being struck by the sand bag behind. – B. Jonson.