jousting
noun
[ ˈdʒaʊstɪŋ ]
• a medieval sporting contest in which two opponents on horseback, typically knights, fight with lances.
• "at the centre of the festivities were several days of jousting by armoured knights"
joust
verb
• (of a medieval knight) engage in a sporting contest in which two opponents on horseback fight with lances.
• "to joust, a man must have an opponent to ride against"
• compete closely for superiority.
• "the guerrillas jousted for supremacy"
Origin:
Middle English (originally in the sense ‘join battle, engage’): from Old French jouster ‘bring together’, based on Latin juxta ‘near’.
