Tournoisadj.n.

/ˈtʊənwɑː/

Forms: Middle English Tourneys, Middle English Turneis, 1500s Tornois, 1600s Tornoys, Turnoys, 1600s– Tournois.

Etymology: < French Tournois adjective < Latin Turonēnsis, of Tours, Turonēs, a city of France.

Historical.

A. adj.

Of or pertaining to Tours: esp. said of the money coined at Tours, one-fifth less in value than that struck at Paris.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [adjective] > coined at Tours

Tournois1475

1475 Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.) 32 To the yerely valeu of .x.M^l. marcs yerely, whiche was .lx.M^l.li. Turneis.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cliv. 184 The french kyng shall delyuer to the kyng of Nauer, xxxviii.M.li. tornois of lande.

1625 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) 331 The sum of Two hundred and thirteen thousand Livres Turnoys.

1770 Ann. Reg. 1769 85 The ship of war..has on board..about an hundred thousand crowns tournois in piastres.

1868 C. M. Yonge Cameos lxxxviii, in Monthly Packet June 541 Sufficient to pay nine thousand soldiers at the rate of ten livres tournois per month.

B. n.

Money or a coin of Tours: see quots.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > French coins > struck at Tours

Turoneisa1387

Tournoisa1400

livre tournois1564

turnas1617

a1400 Coer de L. 2856 They myghte have none othir thyng For whyt tourneys, ne for sterlyng.

1426 Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 17664 To tourne, by hys sotylte, A Tourneys to A parysee.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Tournois.., a French penny, the tenth part of a penny sterling... In France they say so much money Tournois, as we say sterling.

1893 Antiquary Mar. 105 Coins found in St. Queran's Well, 1869... Double Tournois.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	tournois
释义	Tournoisadj.n. /ˈtʊənwɑː/ Forms: Middle English Tourneys, Middle English Turneis, 1500s Tornois, 1600s Tornoys, Turnoys, 1600s– Tournois. Etymology: < French Tournois adjective < Latin Turonēnsis, of Tours, Turonēs, a city of France. Historical. A. adj. Of or pertaining to Tours: esp. said of the money coined at Tours, one-fifth less in value than that struck at Paris. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [adjective] > coined at Tours Tournois1475 1475 Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.) 32 To the yerely valeu of .x.M^l. marcs yerely, whiche was .lx.M^l.li. Turneis. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cliv. 184 The french kyng shall delyuer to the kyng of Nauer, xxxviii.M.li. tornois of lande. 1625 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) 331 The sum of Two hundred and thirteen thousand Livres Turnoys. 1770 Ann. Reg. 1769 85 The ship of war..has on board..about an hundred thousand crowns tournois in piastres. 1868 C. M. Yonge Cameos lxxxviii, in Monthly Packet June 541 Sufficient to pay nine thousand soldiers at the rate of ten livres tournois per month. B. n. Money or a coin of Tours: see quots. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > French coins > struck at Tours Turoneisa1387 Tournoisa1400 livre tournois1564 turnas1617 a1400 Coer de L. 2856 They myghte have none othir thyng For whyt tourneys, ne for sterlyng. 1426 Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 17664 To tourne, by hys sotylte, A Tourneys to A parysee. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Tournois.., a French penny, the tenth part of a penny sterling... In France they say so much money Tournois, as we say sterling. 1893 Antiquary Mar. 105 Coins found in St. Queran's Well, 1869... Double Tournois. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.n.a1400
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