‖ Tournois, a. (n.) Hist.
(turnwa)
Forms: 4–5 Tourneys, 5 Turneis, 6 Tornois, 7 Tor-, Turnoys, 7– Tournois.
[Fr. Tournois adj.:—L. Turonēnsis, of Tours, Turonēs, a city of France.]
Of or pertaining to Tours: esp. said of the money coined at Tours, one-fifth less in value than that struck at Paris.
| 1475 Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.) 32 To the yerely valeu of .x.M{supl}. marcs yerely, whiche was .lx.M{supl}.li. Turneis. 1523 Ld. Berners Froiss. I. cliv. 184 The french kyng shall delyuer to the kyng of Nauer, xxxviii.M.li. tornois of lande. 1625 in Rushw. Hist. Coll. (1659) I. 331 The sum of Two hundred and thirteen thousand Livres Turnoys. 1769 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 85 The ship of war..has on board..about an hundred thousand crowns tournois in piastres. 1852 C. M. Yonge Cameos (1877) III. iii. 27 Sufficient to pay nine thousand soldiers at the rate of ten livres tournois per month. |
b. n. Money or a coin of Tours: see quots.
| 13.. Coer de L. 2856 They myghte have none othir thyng For whyt tourneys, ne for sterlyng. 1426 Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 17664 To tourne, by hys sotylte, A Tourneys to A parysee. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Tournois.., a French penny, the tenth part of a penny sterling... In France they say so much money Tournois, as we say sterling. 1893 Antiquary Mar. 105 Coins found in St. Queran's Well, 1869... Double Tournois. |