Category:Tournament

Tour"na*ment, n. Etym: [oe. turnement, tornement, of. torneiement, Tornoiement, f. tournoiement a turning or wheeling round. See Tourney.]

1. A mock fight, or warlike game, formerly in great favor, in which a Number of combatants were engaged, as an exhibition of their address And bravery; hence, figuratively, a real battle. "in battle and in Tourneyment." Chaucer. With cruel tournament the squadrons join. Milton.

Note: it different from the joust, which was a trial of skill between One man and another.

2. Any contest of skill in which there are many contestents for Championship; as, a chess tournament.