(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:52:19

Tour*nure" (?), n. [F., fr. tourner to turn.]

1.

Turn; contour; figure.

2.

Any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress below the waist; a bustle.

 

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