Ousterlists

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  • Austerlitz: the modern town of Slavkov u Brna in the Czech Republic → Battle of Austerlitz, 12 December 1805, the Battle of the Three Emperors, in which Napoleon defeated the Russians and Austrians
  • lists: medieval jousting-ground, field of combat → in Arthurian romances, to oust an enemy from the lists, or dive him out of the lists meant to defeat him in single combat