[f. QUINTUPLE a.]
1. A set of five things; in Mus. = QUINTOLE.
1873. H. C. Banister, Music, 13. Other irregularities … such as four notes for three, termed a Quadruplet; five for four, a Quintuplet.
1884. Knight, Dict. Mech., Suppl. 733/2. Quintuplet, said of springs when five of similar type are associated in a group.
1885. Archæologia, L. 77. These rays are arranged in quintuplets.
2. pl. Five children born at a birth.
1889. Lancet, No. 3417. 392/1. Five years subsequently she gave birth to quintuplets.
1895. Aberdeen Free Press, 25 Oct., 4. This is the first case of quintuplets in England.
3. A cycle for five riders; a quintet.
1895. Westm. Gaz., 17 Oct., 7/2. The latest cycling machine is a quintuplet.
1896. Daily News, 17 July, 7/1. Five spun along at a terrific pace on a quintuplet.
