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Tournai|ˈtʊəneɪ|
Also Tournay.
[F. Tournai, Tournay (Flem. Doornik), name of a town in Belgium. Cf. dornick1.]
a. See quot.
1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Tournay, a printed worsted material used for furniture. Hence in mod. Dicts.
b. Used attrib. and absol. to designate products of the town, esp. the porcelain manufactured there from 1751.
1873C. Schreiber Jrnl. (1911) I. 207 He..prides himself upon his Tournai. 1874Ibid. 292 One Tournai plate, gold marked. 1907C. H. Wylde How to collect Continental China 119 Birds..had always been a favourite subject as a motif of decoration on Tournay porcelain. 1959Listener 22 Jan. 179/1 The more familiar tombstone of a bishop in Tournai ‘marble’. 1980Times 5 Feb. 16/5 A Tournai shaped oval dish of about 1765..made {pstlg}11,000. |