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Two men on horses pay money to fall off in front of a crowd.
means A medieval combat sport where armored knights on horseback charged each other with lances, trying to knock one another off while staying on themselves.
from From Old French 'jouster,' meaning to bring together or engage in combat, which traces to Latin 'juxtare' — to approach, to be near, from 'juxta' meaning 'next to' (the same root that gives us 'juxtapose'). So the word literally means two riders brought side by side — which is exactly the moment before one of them goes flying.
- lance tip
- blunted into a crown shape to reduce death
- shattered wood
- splintering lances was the actual crowd-pleasing goal
- origin
- knights trained for war, nobles stayed to gamble on it
- still legal
- modern jousting is a real sanctioned sport today