See Also: tournure(dictionary)

tournure (iou)



tournure noun. M18.
[French from Old French torneure from popular Latin tornatura, from Latin tornare TURN verb: see -URE.]
Graceful manner or bearing, deportment. M18.
H. James Drawing her muslin furbelows over the gravel..she had the tournure of a princess.
The turning of a phrase, mode of expression. rare. E19.
The contour or shape of a limb etc. E19.
Hist. = BUSTLE noun2. Also, a kind of corset. M19.