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. Mrs. Palliser, Lace, ii. 15. Beneath this network was gummed a piece of fine cloth, called quintain.]
