vbl. sb. [f. TOURNEY v. + -ING1.] The action of the verb TOURNEY. Also attrib.
13[?]. K. Alis., 1045 (Bodl. MS.). Carolyng & turneieyng And wrestlyng & skirmyng.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Knt.’s T., 1699. No lenger shal the turneiynge [v.rr. torneyenge, turnyinge, tourneying] laste.
1483. Caxton, G. de la Tour, g viij b. The Ioustynge and the tornoyeng was fayre to see.
1503. Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot., II. 202. To the turnaying at Fasteringis evin.
1548. Udall, etc., Erasm. Par. Mark, Pref. To proue masteries with wagoners in the listes or turneiyng place called Circus.
a. 1631. Donne, Paradoxes (1652), 75. No way … to win a Lady but by Tylting, Turnying, and riding in Forrests.
1657. C. Beck, Univ. Char., L vij b. Tournaying or tilting.
1843. Carlyle, Past & Pr., II. xv. A liberty of tourneying.
