Meanings
- pluralplural of tourney; alternative form of tourneys
For, to Hell go the fine scholars and fair knights who die in tournies and in glorious wars; and the good men-at-arms and the well-born.
1904, Henry Adams, Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres, published 1986, page 2811 more example
The St. George's Club is to be congratulated upon the revived energy of its proceedings, because the matches and tournies of such an important society of Chess-players cannot fail to exercise a beneficial influence upon the progress of the game in England.
1878, Westminster Chess Club Papers: A Monthly Journal of Chess Whist Games of Skill and the Drama, Volume 1, page 179
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