Toûr'na-ment, n.

(tûr'na-ment) (Synop., § 130), n. [O. Fr. tournéement, tournéiment, torneïement, tornoiement, Pr. torneiament, tornejemen, It. torneamento, torniamento, O. Sp. torneamiento. See TOURNEY.] A mock-fight or military sport, in which a number of combatants were engaged, as an exhibition of their address and bravery.

With cruel tournament the squadrons join. Milton.

☞ It differed from the joust, which was a trial of skill between one man and another.