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Webster 1913 Edition
Tournament
Tour′na-ment
,Noun.
[OE.
turnement
, tornement
, OF. torneiement
, tornoiement
, F. tournoiement
a turning or wheeling round. See Tourney
.] 1.
A mock fight, or warlike game, formerly in great favor, in which a number of combatants were engaged, as an exhibition of their address and bravery; hence, figuratively, a real battle.
“In battle and in tourneyment.” Chaucer.
With cruel
tournament
the squadrons join. Milton.
☞ It different from the joust, which was a trial of skill between one man and another.
2.
Any contest of skill in which there are many contestents for championship;
as, a chess
. tournament
Webster 1828 Edition
Tournament
TOURNAMENT
,Noun.