Obs. Also 5–6 turn-. [a. OF. tornee (13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), F. tournée, It. tornata, ppl. sb. from tourner, tornare to TURN; lit. a turning, going round, circuit.]
† 1. The sheriff’s tourn: see TOURN. Obs. rare.
a. 1500. in Arnolde’s Chron. (1811), 181. All maner preuylegis frauncheses hundredis wapentakes leetis rapis vyew of frankpledge sherefs turnays sherefgyldes amerciamentis.
† 2. One’s turn in order or rotation. Obs. rare.
1523. Fitzherb., Surv., 29 b. Also what lordes or Gentylmen haue their tourneyse [1539 turneys] with them in the same benifyce … who shall haue next.
