Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tourney \Tour"ney\, n. [OF. tornei, tornoi, F. tournoi, fr. OF.
   torneier, tornoier, tournoier, to tit, to tourney, F.
   tournoyer to turn round and round. See {Turn}, v. t.]
   A tournament. --Bacon.

         At tilt or tourney or like warlike game. --Spenser.

         We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, And there is
         scantly time for half the work.          --Tennyson.

Tourney \Tour"ney\, v. i. [Cf.OF. torneier. See {Tourney}, n. ]
   To perform in tournaments; to tilt.

         Well could he tourney, and in lists debate. --Spenser.

Source : WordNet®

tourney
     n : a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of
         games to decide the winner [syn: {tournament}]
     v : engage in a tourney