▪ I. † quintin Obs. rare.
Also 9 quintain.
[a. F. quintin, † quintain, f. Quintin, a town in Brittany. Cf. quentin.]
A kind of lawn.
| 1721 C. King Brit. Merch. II. 348, 809 pieces of Quintins at 10s. [1869 F. B. Palliser Lace ii. 15 Beneath this network was gummed a piece of fine cloth, called quintain.] |
▪ II. quintin
variant of quintain1.