tourney

 
Pronunciation: /ˈtʊəni, ˈtəːni/

noun (plural tourneys)

  • a tournament, especially a medieval joust.

verb (tourneys, tourneying, tourneyed)

[no object]
  • take part in a medieval joust: French knights also tourneyed in England

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French tornei (noun), torneier (verb), based on Latin tornus 'a turn'