English Explanatory Dictionary

tournure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Manner, bearing.
  2. Turn; contour; figure.
  3. Phrasing, turn of phrase.
  4. Any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress below the waist; a bustle.

Word forms

tournure tournures

Etymology

Borrowed from French tournure, from tourner (“to turn”).

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