tourney Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
    tournament.
  2. verb engage in a tourney

WordNet

Tour"ney noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  1. A tournament. Bacon.
    At tilt or tourney or like warlike game. Spenser.
    We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, And there is scantly time for half the work. Tennyson.
Tour"ney intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf.OF. torneier. See Tourney, n.
Definitions
  1. To perform in tournaments; to tilt.
    Well could he tourney, and in lists debate. Spenser.

Webster 1913