Other forms: jousts
A joust is a contest between two knights riding at each other with lances. A jousting tournament, win the joust, ride in a joust.
The aim was to unhorse the other man or break a lance on his shield, and it was scored rather than fought to the death. As a verb it is now used of any showy public contest.
1nounjoustA contest between two knights with lances.
“The joust was the last event of the day and drew the whole town.”
joust is a contest.
Old French jouster comes from Vulgar Latin iuxtare, to approach, from Latin iuxta, close to: the two riders come together.
Latin
iūxta — close to
Vulgar Latin
*iuxto
Old French
jouster
English, today
joust
From Middle English -, borrowed from Old French jouster (modern French jouter), from Vulgar Latin iuxto, from Latin iūxta (“close to”). English since the early 14th century.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA