tournay

"By the by, Mr. Clement, are you to be one of the Reverend gladiators in this controversial tournay, which is about to take place in Castle

Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two William Carleton 1831

The suit of armor hanging up in the hall, richly gilt and embellished, as if to figure in the tournay, brought the image of the gallant and romantic prince vividly before my imagination.

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon 2002

They worshipped, none confessing his folly; but it made them her slaves, and emulous to shine before her as though she had been a queen of tournay.

Lady Good-for-Nothing Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

Now this knight had a squire who had to name Robin, and was the valiantest squire to be found in any land, and by his prowess and his good fame oft he bore away the prize for his lord from the tournay whereas he wended.

Old French Romances William Morris 1865

The tournay began, and the knight did so well by means of the good deeds of Robin, his squire, that he bore off the praise and prize of the tournay from one party and the other.

Old French Romances William Morris 1865

No long while after the knight betook him to wending to a tournay afar from his land, and when he came there he was retained straightway of the fellowship, he and the knight of whose mesney he was, and his banner was borne into the hostel of his lord.

Old French Romances William Morris 1865

Robert Fitzwalter wrote letters appointing the tournament to be held, not at Stamford, but on Hounslow Heath, summoning the knights to it with their arms and horses, and promising, as the prize of the tournay, a she-bear, which the young lady of a castle had sent them.

Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

The chroniclers celebrate in superlatives the valour and skill shown by the hero in these gentle and joyous assaults of arms, and the beauty of the Artesian dames and damsels who thronged from all the country round into Aire to witness the tournay, and take part in the dances and banquets which followed it.

France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 William Henry Hurlbert 1861

Come then, my friend, and be a looker-on at the courteous tournay.

The Cross of Berny Jules Sandeau 1847

Both were equally devoted to the chase and to the tournay; both longed impatiently for the period when the irksome routine of monkish pedantry, and the fictitious combats which formed their main recreation, should be exchanged for the substantial delights of war.

The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 29: 1578, part III John Lothrop Motley 1845