Tourney

  • 1Tourney — Tour ney, n. [OF. tornei, tornoi, F. tournoi, fr. OF. torneier, tornoier, tournoier, to tit, to tourney, F. tournoyer to turn round and round. See {Turn}, v. t.] A tournament. Bacon. [1913 Webster] At tilt or tourney or like warlike game. Spenser …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2Tourney — Tour ney, v. i. [Cf.OF. torneier. See {Tourney}, n. ] To perform in tournaments; to tilt. [1913 Webster] Well could he tourney, and in lists debate. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3tourney — ► NOUN (pl. tourneys) ▪ a medieval joust. ► VERB (tourneys, tourneyed) ▪ take part in a tourney. ORIGIN Old French tornei, from Latin tornus a turn …

    English terms dictionary

  • 4tourney — index contest (competition), fight (battle), oppose Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 5tourney — (v.) c.1300, from O.Fr. tornei (mid 12c.), from torneier to joust, tilt, lit. turn around, from V.L. *tornizare, from L. tornare to turn (see TURN (Cf. turn)). The noun also is attested from c.1300 …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 6tourney — [toor′nē, tʉr′nē] n. pl. tourneys [ME turnai < OFr tornei < torneier < base of tourner: see TURN] TOURNAMENT vi. [ME tourneien < OFr torneier] to take part in a tournament; joust …

    English World dictionary

  • 7tourney — I. intransitive verb (tourneyed; tourneying) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French torneier, to twist, whirl around, fight, tourney, from tur, tourn turning, circuit Date: 14th century to perform in a tournament II. noun (plural tourneys)… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 8Tourney — Introduced to England as *Conflictus Gallicus, a tournament was a somewhat chaotic affair, known as a * melee from which our use of the word. At first, the melee took place in open countryside, with a large number of knights and their attendants …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • 9tourney — tour|ney [ˈtuəni, ˈto: US ˈtə:r , ˈto:r ] n AmE informal [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: tourney to take part in a tournament (13 20 centuries), from Old French torneier, from tourn; TOUR1] a ↑tournament …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10tourney — [ tʊəni, tə:ni] noun (plural tourneys) a medieval joust. verb (tourneys, tourneying, tourneyed) take part in a tourney. Origin ME: from OFr. tornei (n.), torneier (v.), based on L. tornus a turn …

    English new terms dictionary

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