ˈtouring, vbl. n.
[f. tour v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb tour.
| 1818 Sporting Mag. II. 225 Some persons call this touring. 1827 Southey Lett. (1856) IV. 76 It was in the summer season of touring and visiting. 1874 Blackie Self-Cult. 44 The modern habits of travelling and touring can be made to subserve the double end of health and culture. |
b. attrib., as touring bag, touring centre, touring club, touring ground; touring-car, a motor car designed for touring purposes, with accommodation for passengers and luggage.
| 1858 Carlyle Fredk. Gt. vii. iii. II. 181 Touring expeditions; which are now..done by steam, without even eye⁓sight, not to say intelligence. c 1878 Prospectus, The Bicycle Touring Club, founded at the North of England Meet held at Harrogate on the 5th August, 1878. 1885 Manch. Exam. 11 Nov. 3/2 Norway has become such a..popular touring ground. 1903 Encycl. Amer. II. s.v. Automobile, Gasoline touring cars. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 23 July 4/1 The Grand Prix was in no sense a touring-car race. 1930 Cycling 4 July p. iii, Touring bag. 1978 Exchange & Mart (South ed.) 20 Apr. 133/3 (Advt.), Motor cycle tank touring bag. 1981 Nordic Skiing Jan. 4/2 A group of Appalachian Mountain Club members went for a hike on trails established by a touring center for cross country skiing. |