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Vintage woodcut showing knights training in the Quintain. The term quintain was often used to refer collectively to a number of lance games, often used as training for jousting, where the competitor would attempt to strike an object with his lance, sword or other weapon. From the Chroniques de Charlemagne. [b]View More:[/b] [url=http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&lightboxID=2789749][img]http://www.walker1890.co.uk/istock/istock-engraving.jpg[/img][/url]