quint

Etymology

From Middle French quint, from Latin quīntus.

noun

  1. (music) An interval of one fifth.
  2. (music) The E string of a violin.
  3. (card games) In piquet, a sequence of five playing cards of the same suit; equivalent to a straight flush in poker
  4. (US, informal) a quin or quintuplet.
    Two days after Mrs. Shirley Ann Lawson's four girls and one boy were delivered in New Zealand, another set of quints was born to Mrs. Karin Olsen in Falun, Sweden. 1965, LIFE, volume 59, number 7, page 24
  5. (firefighting) A vehicle used by firefighters that combines the capabilities of a fire engine and a fire truck, having the ability to provide vertical access as well as pump water to fight a fire.
  6. (fencing) quinte; the fifth fencer in parrying or attacking position.

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