verb (used without object), tourneyed, tourneying.
2.
to contend or engage in a tournament.
Origin
1300-50; (v.) Middle Englishtourneyen < Old Frenchtorneier < Vulgar Latin*tornidiāre to wheel, keep turning; (noun) Middle Englishtourneie < Old Frenchtournei, derivative of tourneier. See turn
Examples from the web for tourney
He went privately and armed himself, and came into the tourney in undistinguished armor.
We're going to use them in an interdepartmental tourney.
Illnesses reported among attendees, participants of state cheerleading tourney.
Both squads ended the tourney by drubbing the sea services.
That's probably not desirable for a pre-tourney warmup though, since it might slow the pace down considerably.
British Dictionary definitions for tourney
tourney
/ˈtʊənɪ; ˈtɔː-/
noun
1.
a knightly tournament
verb
2.
(intransitive) to engage in a tourney
Derived Forms
tourneyer, noun
Word Origin
C13: from Old French torneier, from Vulgar Latin tornidiāre (unattested) to turn constantly, from Latin tornāre to turn (in a lathe); see tournament
Word Origin and History for tourney
v.
c.1300, from Old French tornei (mid-12c.), from torneier "to joust, tilt," literally "turn around," from Vulgar Latin *tornizare, from Latin tornare "to turn" (see turn (v.)). The noun also is attested from c.1300.