Obs. Also 6 Towres, 6–7 Towers. [Name of a city in France.] Used attrib. in names of things made at or associated with Tours; as Tours taffeta (also taffeta Tours).
1558. in Feuillerat, Revels Q. Eliz. (1908), 31. Taffita Towers white xix yardes. Ibid., 38. The gownes lyned with white towres taffita. Ibid. (1572), 187. Of Taffata crimsin thirtie two yardes, of Taffata Tawnie Towers thirtie and sixe yardes.
1586. Rates of Custome, E vij b. Taffata, called Towers Taffata the yarde iii. s. iiij. d.
1640. in Entick, London (1766), II. 169. Tsbbies of silk, towers taffaty, the dozen yards, 2d.
b. Tours sorrel, buckler-shaped or French sorrel, Rumex scutata.
1578. Lyte, Dodoens, V. ix. 558. Oxalis Romana, Tours Sorrel or Romayne Sorrel. [Ibid., 559. Romayne Sorrel … in Frenche Ozeille Romaine, and Ozeille de Tours.]
1611. Cotgr., Ozeille Romaine, Roman Sorrell,… Tours Sorrell.
