tourney
noun
a tournament.
tourneying
-
present participleof tourney.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Earl Douglas was in his gayest humour on this second day of the great tourneying.
From The Black Douglas by Frank Richards
There were great jousts and tourneying at that time in Cornwall, and Sir Tristram was most praised of all the knights.
From Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" by U. Waldo Cutler
Then was there great jousts and great tourneying, and many lords and ladies were at that feast, and Sir Tristram was most praised of all other.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Sir Thomas Malory
The latter part of this prolix autobiography is occupied by a detailed account of a long tourneying trip, which he contrived as a parallel to his Venus-journey, this time under the disguise of King Arthur.
From Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature by Edward Tompkins McLaughlin
Finally, the marriage was celebrated on January 24th, 1527, at St. Germain-en-Laye, where, as Sauvai records, "there were jousts, tourneying, and great triumph for the space of eight days or thereabouts."
From The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. I. (of V.) by George Saintsbury
