tourn.

Brit.

/tʊə/,

/tɔː/, U.S.

/tʊ(ə)r/

Forms: Also 1600s toure, tower: see also sense 4.

Etymology: Middle English < French tour, in Old French tor, Provençal tor, back-formation from nominative tors < Latin tornus, < Greek τόρνος a tool for describing a circle, a turner's wheel, a circle. The original accusative form was torn, tourn < Latin tornum; compare Provençal torn, Catalan torn, Spanish torno, Portuguese torno, Italian torno. In some of the French and English senses, perhaps noun of action < tourner to turn.

I. A turn, a journey round, and related uses.

1. One's turn or order (to do something). Also, a spell of work or duty; a shift: see turn n.; frequently in tour of duty. Now mainly Military and (with pronunciation /taʊə(r)/) in Oil Industry. †by tour, by tours, by turns (obsolete).

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the world > time > frequency > [noun] > recurrence > turn

charec1000

lotc1175

throwc1275

tourc1320

wheel1422

turnc1425

tourney1523

course1530

vice1637

rubbera1643

rote1831

whet1849

journey1884

society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > spell of work or duty

trick1669

time1696

stem1778

turn1793

tour of duty1800

spell1804

shift1809

steek1889

go-in1890

steek1895

stag1931

wink1937

1292 Britton iv. ii Si soen tourn soit a cele foiz de presenter ou noun.]

c1320 Cast. Love 1334 He was a-bated of his tour [Fr. Il est de son torn abatuz].

1546 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 57 To cum and remane at the assege of the Castell.., ilk quarter in his tour.

1640 Sc. Acts Chas. I (1817) V. 311/1 If any of these whose toure fallis to be present shalbe absent.

1781 in T. Simes Mil. Guide (ed. 3) 9 That..each [may] march in their tour.

1800 Duke of Wellington Suppl. Dispatches (1858) I. 464 This tour of duty to commence at morning parade on halting days.

1868 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army ⁋837 When an Officer is in the performance of a duty, and his tour for another duty occurs, he is not to make good that other duty, but his tour is to pass him.

1887 Harper's Mag. June 129/2 The ‘machine-tenders’..work in ‘tours’ or ‘shifts’ twelve hours each.

1903 Dial. Notes 2 345 The morning tour lasts from midnight until noon.

1939 D. Hager Fund. Petroleum Industry ix. 212 These men work in shifts or ‘tours’ (pronounced towers) of 6 or 8 hrs.

1946 R.A.F. Jrnl. May 153 The existing Editor having performed his tour of duty and taken up other duties in the Service.

1975 L. Crook Oil Terms 60 The Driller is responsible for his crew and the running of the rig during his eight or twelve hour ‘tour’.

1981 ‘J. Ross’ Dark Blue & Dangerous xxvii. 158 He's too soft, and..I don't know how he did the rest of his tour of duty without showing it on his face.

†a. A turning round, circular movement, revolution (in quot. 1688 figurative). Obsolete. rare.

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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > a revolution or rotation

tour1477

gyre1566

circumvolution1570

twista1577

revolution1648

roll1667

rollover1817

go-round1883

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 128 They go more to the masse..for to make their tours and signes thenne for ony deuocion.

1688 Bp. G. Burnet Three Lett. State of Italy 175 After the many tours, that the matter made in the many Ballotings, it came to the fixing of the last three out of whom the Doge was to be chosen.

1712 R. Blackmore Creation ii. 77 The Tours by Heav'nly Bodies made.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 346 He made so many Tours..and led us by such winding Ways.

b. Dance. Also with pronunciation /tʊə/. In a cotillion, a circular movement by the dancers. In Ballet, a turn by a solo dancer; tour en l'air, such a turn while leaping in the air.

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society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > figure > figures in quadrilles and country-dances

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pastourelle?1814

poussette1814

pastorale1822

ladies' chain1825

poussetting1836

tour1841

grand chain1864

first set1894

society > leisure > dancing > ballet > [noun] > movements

entrechat1706

pirouette1706

sissonne1706

batterie1712

cabriole1753

ballonné1760

balancé?1770

brisé1786

ballotté1802

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battement1830

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lift1921

toe-dancing1924

pointwork1925

posé1927

jeté en tournant1930

tour1930

extension1934

tour jeté1935

fondu1939

retiré1941

chaîné1946

soutenu1947

passé1948

saut1948

contretemps1952

promenade1953

piqué1954

gargouillade1957

1841 E. C. Gaskell Lett. (1966) 822 The cotillion was so pretty—such amusing & graceful tours.

1930 M. Craske & C. W. Beaumont Theory & Pract. Allegro in Classical Ballet 94 (heading) Series of tours en dedans en diagonale.

1948 A. H. Franks Approach to Ballet iii. 45 Used sparingly, tours can become most effective highlights in a male solo.

1958 Observer 14 Sept. 14/7 Beautifully musical, he can turn a double tour en l'air into a deep plié en arabesque as trimly as if it were a phrase in a Mozart sonata.

1960 M. Wood Advanced Historical Dances 93 The refrain had been replaced by a fixed series of movements called Tours, forming a framework into which the figures were fitted. The Tours in order of performance were these: (1) Grand Rond. All take hands in a ring and go round both ways. [Etc.]

1963 Times 29 May 13/4 Mr. Flindt..can produce effortless, waist-high cabrioles, yet is often constricted, even rough, in tours.

1977 Times 5 May 11/8 The skill with which she sustained the series of tours en l'air in her solo.

a. A going or travelling round from place to place, a round; an excursion or journey including the visiting of a number of places in a circuit or sequence; often qualified, as tour cycling, tour walking, wedding tour; esp. a circuitous journey embracing the principal places of the country or region mentioned. Also, †an account of such a journey. on tour, touring: see tour v. 2. the tour, a journey through France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy, formerly fashionable, esp. as a finishing course in the education of young men of rank: see grand tour n.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > circular or round

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circuit1483

the tour1642

circumrotation1751

round trip1792

tournee1794

society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > tour

round1620

tour1642

giro1670

tourification1802

periegesis1820

society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > tour > types of

the tour1642

grand tour1678

circular tour1860

swing1860

tourette1881

voyage of discovery1890

roundabout1894

Cook's tour1902

conducted1907

conducted tour1907

book tour1939

tour d'horizon1952

society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > record or account of (a) journey(s > [noun]

itinerary1483

peregrination1548

travels1579

voyage1587

itinerario1588

journal1600

trip1712

itinerarium1747

logbook1791

tour1812

log1825

travel document1892

travelogue1898

1642 J. Denham Cooper's Hill 12 Rounds the whole Globe, and in his flying towers Brings home to us, and makes both Indies ours.

1652 J. Evelyn State of France Pref. Let. sig. A12^v A Traveller..making the Tour, as they call it.

1688 Bp. G. Burnet Three Lett. State of Italy 155 He made the Tower of Italy with him this year.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World v. 104 Having made a Tour, or Semicircular March, they return to the Sea again.

1779 Mirror No. 57. ⁋15 Manly and I..had set out together to make the tour of Europe.

1809 W. Combe Schoolmaster's Tour in Poet. Mag. May 9 I'll make a tour,—and then I'll write it.

1812 W. Combe (title) Dr. Syntax's tour in search of the picturesque.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xiv. 228 He..resolved..to make a short tour of a fortnight.

1817 J. Austen Sanditon viii, in Minor Wks. (1954) 404 He read all the Essays, Letters, Tours & Criticisms of the day.

1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto V lii. 161 Nature..Resigns herself with exemplary patience To guide-books, rhymes, tours, sketches, illustrations.

1887 Graphic 15 Jan. 62/1 An actor..‘on tour’ in the Vetah company.

1888 Spectator 28 Apr. 561/1 President Carnot is on tour in the Gironde.

1913 N.E.D. at Tour Mod. We made the tour of the town and saw all the places of interest.

b. transferred and figurative. A round.

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1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub Pref. 16 Thrice have I forced my Imagination to take the Tour of my Invention.

1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. May (1965) I. 407 After having made their tour, the bride was again led..round the rooms.

1746 Coetlogon (title) A Tour through the Animal World; or an historical and accurate Account of near 400 Animals, Birds, Fishes, Serpents, Insects, &c.

1857 J. Hamilton Lessons from Great Biogr. (1859) 152 Making another tour of the company, each disciple filled his basket.

†c. A short outing taken for exercise, recreation, as a social function, or the like; also, the route taken on such occasions; in 17th cent., in London, the drive round Hyde Park. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > outing or excursion > [noun]

airing1607

tour1656

excursion1699

scheme1758

out1762

visit1800

outing1821

day out1822

day trip1838

spin1856

ta-ta1886

1656 Duchess of Newcastle True Relation in Natures Pictures 386 I go sometimes abroad..in my Coach..about some of the streets, which we call here a Tour, where all the chief of the Town goe to see and to be seen.

1665 S. Pepys Diary 19 Mar. (1972) VI. 60 Mr. Povy and I in his coach to Hide parke, being the first day of the Tour there.

1667 Duchess of Newcastle Life Duke of Newcastle ii. 64 Whereas at first there were no more but four Coaches that went the Tour,..all those that had sufficient means, and could go to the price, kept Coaches, and went the Tour for their own pleasure.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 75 Now and then, taking a little Tour about the Fields, and towards the Mountains.

1773 Life N. Frowde 46 Whilst the Ship staied at Cork we were perpetually diverted with Visits,..Tours into the adjacent Country, and Entertainments at Home.

d. The circuit of an island, etc.; a round.

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1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 161 My next Design was to make a Tour round the Island.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. v. 335 He one day, attended by some of his officers, endeavoured to make the tour of the Island.

1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 25 The tour is something above fifteen Italian, or three German miles.

†4.

a. A crescent front of false hair (French tour de cheveux). Obsolete exc. Historical.Cf. also taure n. Also, in this sense, by confusion with tower n.¹, spelt 1600s towr, 1600s–1700s tower.

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [noun] > artificial hair > section or lock of

sidelock1530

lock1601

tour1674

snake1676

front1693

bull-tour1724

back-head1731

ramillies tail1782

frontlet1785

frisette1818

toupee1862

postiche1867

switch1870

pin-curl1873

scalpette1881

wig-tail1888

chichi1906

hairpiece1939

fall1943

toup1959

1674 London Gaz. No. 900/4 Lost.., a Red Russia leather Trunk about two foot long..; a very light curled Tower and Locks,..with..other wearing apparel in it for Women.

1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode ii. i. 20 Her Tour wou'd Keep in Curl no longer.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Tower, a Woman's false Hair on their Fore-heads.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Tour of Hair, a Tress, or Border of Hair, going round the Head, which mingled dexterously with the natural Hair, lengthens and thickens it.

a1732 J. Gay Toilette in Poems (1737) II. 81 Ancient matrons with their frizled tow'rs.

1843 W. M. Thackeray Ravenswing vii, in Fraser's Mag. Sept. 322/1 People in tours and pig-tails.

b. See also tower n.¹ 6b.

II. Figurative uses (mostly from French).

†5. A course to turn to; a shift, device, expedient.

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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > available means or a resource > a device, contrivance, or expedient

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craftOE

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gadget1920

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ploy1940

1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos ii. sig. D.iij^v What shift? what tour is best we take?

1699 J. Vanbrugh False Friend iii. iii We are still in the dark. I have one tour yet. Impudence be my aid!

†6. A mode of phraseology; a ‘turn’ given to a phrase or sentence, etc. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > mode of expression > turn of phrase

express1644

expression1646

turn1685

tour1686

façon de parler1804

tournure1815

rephrasing1881

1686 R. Boyle Free Enq. Notion Nature ii. 39 A dextrous Writer may oftentimes be able to give such a Form (or, as the Modern Frenchmen speak), such a Tour to his many-ways variable Expressions, as to avoid the necessity of making use of the Word Nature.

1751 J. Brown Ess. Characteristics 32 With regard to the oratory of the bar,..it is easy to observe, what a different tour the learned council takes, in addressing himself to the judge or jury.

†7. Manner of presenting or exhibiting anything; an aspect given to a matter. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > manner of handling a subject

handimenta1665

tour1687

treatment1856

1687 Bp. G. Burnet Def. Refl. Varillas's Hist. Heresies 28 Yet Mr. Varillas has a sublime tour in every thing, so that instead of setting before us the reasons which led him to depend upon such an Author,..he gives one, which indeed no man beside himself would ever have thought on.

1687 Bp. G. Burnet Def. Refl. Varillas's Hist. Heresies 119 I find I judged too well of his Invention, in ascribing to him those Romantick Tours that he gave matters.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vi. §22 438 The next Tour of the Author..is to demonstrate, that although there were very good Reasons for the King to indulge the Fanatics.., yet he did it for none of those, but for other Reasons that were abominably bad.

†8. The course or compass of anything; what it amounts to; range, scope. Obsolete.

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the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [noun] > immaterial or incorporeal thing > scope or range of

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reach1546

compass1555

zodiac1560

extent1593

range1599

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extension1604

latitude1605

extendure1610

point-blanka1616

comprisement1640

comprisurea1641

virge1640

tour1699

purview1751

gamut1753

sweep1781

diapason1851

carry1859

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 81 The latter part of his Life was the whole Tour and Compass that the Sophist designed to write of.

1713 R. Bentley Remarks Disc. Free-thinking I. xviii. 36 The whole Tour of the Passage is this: A man given to Superstition can have no security, day or night, waking or sleeping.

1737 D. Waterland Rev. Doctr. Eucharist vii. 232 Such is the Tour of the Argument, such the Chain of Ideas that forms it.

†9. Manner or mode of being. Obsolete.

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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun]

kindeOE

i-cundeOE

mannera1225

jetc1330

colour1340

hair1387

estrete1393

gendera1398

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editiona1627

make1660

cast1673

tour1702

way1702

specie1711

tenor1729

ilk1790

genre1816

stripe1853

persuasion1855

the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > demeanour or bearing

i-bereOE

i-letelOE

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behaviour1490

representation1490

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aira1616

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tour1702

sway1753

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maintien1814

tenue1828

portment1833

allure1841

1702 G. Farquhar Inconstant v. ii. 72 Something I saw of a well-furnished careless agreeable Tour about you.

1720 D. Manley Secret Mem. (ed. 6) III. 239 The new Fashion Tour of Religion and Politicks.

†10. A round, a course (of engagements, etc.).

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society > leisure > social event > visit > [noun] > series of

tour1711

round1748

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 156. ⁋4 Scarce one of all the Women who are in the Tour of Gallantries ever hear any thing of what is the common Sense of sober Minds.

11. One of the several trills, variations, or changes in the song of a trained canary.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Serinus > serinus canaria (canary) > sound made by

rollingc1890

tour1906

1906 Daily Chron. 20 Oct. 6/7 There are..in all, some twenty known trills or ‘tours’ in the song of a really accomplished roller canary.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as tour-book, tour bus, tour director, tour guide, tour-making, tour operator, tour party, tour-writer, tour-writing; tour-money n. money paid for travelling fare and accommodation on a tour.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > record or account of (a) journey(s > [noun] > action of writing

tour-writing?1764

travel writing1776

society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > record or account of (a) journey(s > [noun] > action of writing > one who

voyage-writer1705

travel writer1711

tour-writer?1764

society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > that which guides or leads > guidebook

itinerarya1552

journal1552

xenagogy1576

itinerario1588

periegesis1591

journey-book1610

wayfaring-book1610

itinerarium1747

guide1759

ambulator1774

guidebook1814

tour-book1824

travel guide1881

tourist guide1924

?1764 J. Bush Hibernia Curiosa To Rdr. p. vi Neglected by the..tour-writers.

1793 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 70. 560 The rage for tour-writing, which prevails in the female world.

1824 J. Macculloch Highlands & W. Isles I. 41 I shall be obliged to write a tour book myself.

1869 P. Landreth Life A. Thomson i. 1 This occasional tour-making did not break up the continuity of his energetic life.

1909 Daily Chron. 5 Aug. 4/4 A third member of the party took fright..and requested the return of the tour-money.

1952 Galaxy June 56/2 I'm the tour director. Can I help you?

1965 J. A. Michener Source (1966) 22 That afternoon the first excursionists stopped at the tell, asking to see the Candlestick of Death, and the next morning a tour bus arrived.

1971 M. McCarthy Birds of Amer. 107 Their tour director, who had met them at Le Havre.

1973 P. Theroux Saint Jack xviii. 219 The tour-guide had started his spiel.

1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 47 I could only wait anxiously for the announcement of the names of the tour party to visit the West Indies that winter of 1967–68.

1981 Sunday Express Mag. 11 Oct. 9/1 (advt.) We've taken more British holiday-makers here than any other tour operator.

1981 M. Kenyon Zigzag xi. 67 He was agonizingly shy... Guiding tour parties petrified him.

Draft additions 1993

Motor Racing, Cycling, etc. [ < French tour (de circuit).] A single circuit of a race-track, a lap.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > course or track > single circuit of

lap1861

tour1954

1954 F. C. Avis Cyclists Ref. Dict. 113 Tour, the riding round one lap of a cycle race track.

1976 Milton Keynes Express 11 June 42/4 The meeting opened with the 1275 GT Mini challenge which was won by Paul Taft after leading for all but the first two tours.

1988 Kart & Superkart July 28/1 Brennan went into the last tour still with a huge lead over Jones.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

tourv.

Brit.

/tʊə/,

/tɔː/, U.S.

/tʊ(ə)r/

Etymology: < tour n.⁋Touring in J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia (1624) vi. New Eng. 212 is an error for turning in the earlier Descr. New Eng. (1616) 17.

†1.

a. intransitive. To ‘take a turn’ in or about a place, esp. riding or driving. Obsolete.

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society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > make short journey or excursion, esp. for pleasure > in or about a place

tour1746

1746 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 443 The coach is ready for D. D. and me to tour in the park, and to see my lord's improvements.

1760 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 619 The Duchess has carried us to tour about the park and to see her hot-house.

b. To turn, direct one's steps. dialect.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)]

thinkeOE

bowa1000

seta1000

scritheOE

minlOE

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hieldc1275

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bounc1400

intendc1425

purposec1425

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stevenc1440

shape1480

make1488

steera1500

course1555

to make out1558

to make in1575

to make for ——a1593

to make forth1594

plyc1595

trend1618

tour1768

to lie up1779

head1817

loop1898

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 33 Aff I scours Blessing my lucky stars, an' hame I tours.

2. intransitive. To make a tour or circuitous journey, in which many places are visited, usually without retracing one's steps; to make a prolonged excursion for recreation or business; spec. of an actor, a theatrical company, or the like: to go ‘on tour’, to travel from town to town fulfilling engagements.

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society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > travel about or visit many places > tour

to go round1670

tour1789

tourify1820

tourize1837

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performer > appear as performer [verb (intransitive)] > tour

tour1858

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > perform [verb (intransitive)] > go on tour

tour1907

1789 A. C. Bower Diaries & Corr. (1903) 97 We are all got thus far touring for Health.

1799 S. T. Coleridge Let. to T. Poole in Lett. (1895) 306 The man who toured with me in Wales and afterwards published his ‘Tour’.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. x. vii. 665 Algarotti..has been touring about as a celebrity these four years past.

1886 Cyclists' Touring Club Gaz. IV. 126 A word of advice to those about to tour at Easter.

1897 Literature 13 Nov. 123/2 [He] has made up his mind to take up once again lecturing work, and he will tour in several of the large American towns.

1907 H. Wyndham Flare of Footlights xii Godfrey Deane has decided not to tour,..so I shall ask Antony for the part.

a. transitive. To make the tour or round of, to tour in (a country or district).

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society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > travel about > tour

tour1885

1885 J. Coleman in Longman's Mag. VII. 67 Barrett organised a company with which..he toured the provinces.

1887 Bicycling News 8 Oct. 3/2 He landed at Melbourne, and toured the colonies with great success.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 25 Jan. 5/3 Mr. R. is this week touring his constituency.

1899 Westm. Gaz. 2 Feb. 9/1 To tour India..with an English amateur cricket team.

b. To cover (a distance) in touring.

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1891 in Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Feb. 1/2 One good performance on the path does more to arouse attention than 20,000 miles quietly toured.

4. spec. (Theatre) To take (a play or entertainment) on tour; to tour with. Also with a performer as object.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > perform [verb (transitive)] > tour (a performance)

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > perform [verb (transitive)] > tour (a performer)

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1897 Westm. Gaz. 22 May 8/1 ‘The County Fair’, the American drama..now being toured in the provinces by Mr. Neil Burgess's Company.

1904 Westm. Gaz. 12 Feb. 5/2 It is the intention of the lecturer to tour his illustrated entertainment in the provinces.

1910 Stage Year Bk. 52 This production [Peter Pan] was magnificently staged in Sydney, but the business was poor, and it was never toured.

1920 Glasgow Herald 10 June 7 Mr. Quinlan..recently toured Madame Tetrazzini and Signor Caruso.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. vi. [Hades] 90 The idea is to tour the chief towns... Mary Anderson is up there now... Louis Werner is touring her.

Derivatives

ˈtouring adj. that tours.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [adjective] > touring

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1832 F. Trollope Domest. Manners Amer. (ed. 2) II. xxxiii. 236 To this frail shelter..nearly all the touring gentlemen..find their way.

1867 Harper's Mag. Dec. 96/1 As railways have multiplied, the formation of what are called Touring-parties, for the purpose of giving concerts and operas in the provinces, has become the business of many.

1870 Athenæum 15 Oct. 506 A touring troupe of singers from this country.

1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 Oct. 4/1 Town-abiding and touring Americans.

1888 J. Pennell in Pall Mall Gaz 25 Oct. 5 From the standpoint of a touring cycler.

1895 A. Roberts & R. Morton Adventures A. Roberts xiii. 159 Whether from preference or economy,..this touring company generally slept at night on the beach.

1969 G. Greene Trav. with my Aunt i. xi. 105 The touring company..came after my Paris days. It was in Paris that I was spotted by Mr Visconti... ‘He was a great amateur of..the stage.’

1983 Times 7 Sept. 3/4 Scunthorpe is a regular stop-off point for touring companies.

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5. intransitive. Of a motor car: to travel at a slow speed, esp. as a result of a mechanical fault; to crawl.

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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport or convey in a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > of a motor car, vehicle, etc.

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1908 Isle of Man Weekly Times 12 Sept. 4/1 All the cars simply toured along.

1927 Peel City Guardian 18 June 6/5 Bennett's engine had given out..and he came touring in, and retired.

1987 Autosport 28 May 5/1 Bettenhausen was touring into the pits along the track apron, in his March–Cosworth 86C, when a loose right front wheel fell off.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tour
释义	tourn. Brit. /tʊə/, /tɔː/, U.S. /tʊ(ə)r/ Forms: Also 1600s toure, tower: see also sense 4. Etymology: Middle English < French tour, in Old French tor, Provençal tor, back-formation from nominative tors < Latin tornus, < Greek τόρνος a tool for describing a circle, a turner's wheel, a circle. The original accusative form was torn, tourn < Latin tornum; compare Provençal torn, Catalan torn, Spanish torno, Portuguese torno, Italian torno. In some of the French and English senses, perhaps noun of action < tourner to turn. I. A turn, a journey round, and related uses. 1. One's turn or order (to do something). Also, a spell of work or duty; a shift: see turn n.; frequently in tour of duty. Now mainly Military and (with pronunciation /taʊə(r)/) in Oil Industry. †by tour, by tours, by turns (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > [noun] > recurrence > turn charec1000 lotc1175 throwc1275 tourc1320 wheel1422 turnc1425 tourney1523 course1530 vice1637 rubbera1643 rote1831 whet1849 journey1884 society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > spell of work or duty trick1669 time1696 stem1778 turn1793 tour of duty1800 spell1804 shift1809 steek1889 go-in1890 steek1895 stag1931 wink1937 1292 Britton iv. ii Si soen tourn soit a cele foiz de presenter ou noun.] c1320 Cast. Love 1334 He was a-bated of his tour [Fr. Il est de son torn abatuz]. 1546 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 57 To cum and remane at the assege of the Castell.., ilk quarter in his tour. 1640 Sc. Acts Chas. I (1817) V. 311/1 If any of these whose toure fallis to be present shalbe absent. 1781 in T. Simes Mil. Guide (ed. 3) 9 That..each [may] march in their tour. 1800 Duke of Wellington Suppl. Dispatches (1858) I. 464 This tour of duty to commence at morning parade on halting days. 1868 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army ⁋837 When an Officer is in the performance of a duty, and his tour for another duty occurs, he is not to make good that other duty, but his tour is to pass him. 1887 Harper's Mag. June 129/2 The ‘machine-tenders’..work in ‘tours’ or ‘shifts’ twelve hours each. 1903 Dial. Notes 2 345 The morning tour lasts from midnight until noon. 1939 D. Hager Fund. Petroleum Industry ix. 212 These men work in shifts or ‘tours’ (pronounced towers) of 6 or 8 hrs. 1946 R.A.F. Jrnl. May 153 The existing Editor having performed his tour of duty and taken up other duties in the Service. 1975 L. Crook Oil Terms 60 The Driller is responsible for his crew and the running of the rig during his eight or twelve hour ‘tour’. 1981 ‘J. Ross’ Dark Blue & Dangerous xxvii. 158 He's too soft, and..I don't know how he did the rest of his tour of duty without showing it on his face. 2. †a. A turning round, circular movement, revolution (in quot. 1688 figurative). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > a revolution or rotation tour1477 gyre1566 circumvolution1570 twista1577 revolution1648 roll1667 rollover1817 go-round1883 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 128 They go more to the masse..for to make their tours and signes thenne for ony deuocion. 1688 Bp. G. Burnet Three Lett. State of Italy 175 After the many tours, that the matter made in the many Ballotings, it came to the fixing of the last three out of whom the Doge was to be chosen. 1712 R. Blackmore Creation ii. 77 The Tours by Heav'nly Bodies made. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 346 He made so many Tours..and led us by such winding Ways. b. Dance. Also with pronunciation /tʊə/. In a cotillion, a circular movement by the dancers. In Ballet, a turn by a solo dancer; tour en l'air, such a turn while leaping in the air. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > figure > figures in quadrilles and country-dances allemande?1770 reel1804 pastourelle?1814 poussette1814 pastorale1822 ladies' chain1825 poussetting1836 tour1841 grand chain1864 first set1894 society > leisure > dancing > ballet > [noun] > movements entrechat1706 pirouette1706 sissonne1706 batterie1712 cabriole1753 ballonné1760 balancé?1770 brisé1786 ballotté1802 rond de jambe1824 petit battement1828 battement1830 elevation1830 fouetté1830 jeté1830 changement de pied1840 développé1888 temps1890 pas de ciseaux1892 plié1892 changement1905 beat1913 ciseaux1913 glissé1913 ouvert1913 allegro1914 pas de chat1914 pas de cheval1916 soubresaut1916 grand jeté1919 lift1921 toe-dancing1924 pointwork1925 posé1927 jeté en tournant1930 tour1930 extension1934 tour jeté1935 fondu1939 retiré1941 chaîné1946 soutenu1947 passé1948 saut1948 contretemps1952 promenade1953 piqué1954 gargouillade1957 1841 E. C. Gaskell Lett. (1966) 822 The cotillion was so pretty—such amusing & graceful tours. 1930 M. Craske & C. W. Beaumont Theory & Pract. Allegro in Classical Ballet 94 (heading) Series of tours en dedans en diagonale. 1948 A. H. Franks Approach to Ballet iii. 45 Used sparingly, tours can become most effective highlights in a male solo. 1958 Observer 14 Sept. 14/7 Beautifully musical, he can turn a double tour en l'air into a deep plié en arabesque as trimly as if it were a phrase in a Mozart sonata. 1960 M. Wood Advanced Historical Dances 93 The refrain had been replaced by a fixed series of movements called Tours, forming a framework into which the figures were fitted. The Tours in order of performance were these: (1) Grand Rond. All take hands in a ring and go round both ways. [Etc.] 1963 Times 29 May 13/4 Mr. Flindt..can produce effortless, waist-high cabrioles, yet is often constricted, even rough, in tours. 1977 Times 5 May 11/8 The skill with which she sustained the series of tours en l'air in her solo. 3. a. A going or travelling round from place to place, a round; an excursion or journey including the visiting of a number of places in a circuit or sequence; often qualified, as tour cycling, tour walking, wedding tour; esp. a circuitous journey embracing the principal places of the country or region mentioned. Also, †an account of such a journey. on tour, touring: see tour v. 2. the tour, a journey through France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy, formerly fashionable, esp. as a finishing course in the education of young men of rank: see grand tour n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > circular or round compassc1384 circuit1483 the tour1642 circumrotation1751 round trip1792 tournee1794 society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > tour round1620 tour1642 giro1670 tourification1802 periegesis1820 society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > tour > types of the tour1642 grand tour1678 circular tour1860 swing1860 tourette1881 voyage of discovery1890 roundabout1894 Cook's tour1902 conducted1907 conducted tour1907 book tour1939 tour d'horizon1952 society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > record or account of (a) journey(s > [noun] itinerary1483 peregrination1548 travels1579 voyage1587 itinerario1588 journal1600 trip1712 itinerarium1747 logbook1791 tour1812 log1825 travel document1892 travelogue1898 1642 J. Denham Cooper's Hill 12 Rounds the whole Globe, and in his flying towers Brings home to us, and makes both Indies ours. 1652 J. Evelyn State of France Pref. Let. sig. A12^v A Traveller..making the Tour, as they call it. 1688 Bp. G. Burnet Three Lett. State of Italy 155 He made the Tower of Italy with him this year. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World v. 104 Having made a Tour, or Semicircular March, they return to the Sea again. 1779 Mirror No. 57. ⁋15 Manly and I..had set out together to make the tour of Europe. 1809 W. Combe Schoolmaster's Tour in Poet. Mag. May 9 I'll make a tour,—and then I'll write it. 1812 W. Combe (title) Dr. Syntax's tour in search of the picturesque. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xiv. 228 He..resolved..to make a short tour of a fortnight. 1817 J. Austen Sanditon viii, in Minor Wks. (1954) 404 He read all the Essays, Letters, Tours & Criticisms of the day. 1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto V lii. 161 Nature..Resigns herself with exemplary patience To guide-books, rhymes, tours, sketches, illustrations. 1887 Graphic 15 Jan. 62/1 An actor..‘on tour’ in the Vetah company. 1888 Spectator 28 Apr. 561/1 President Carnot is on tour in the Gironde. 1913 N.E.D. at Tour Mod. We made the tour of the town and saw all the places of interest. b. transferred and figurative. A round. ΚΠ 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub Pref. 16 Thrice have I forced my Imagination to take the Tour of my Invention. 1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. May (1965) I. 407 After having made their tour, the bride was again led..round the rooms. 1746 Coetlogon (title) A Tour through the Animal World; or an historical and accurate Account of near 400 Animals, Birds, Fishes, Serpents, Insects, &c. 1857 J. Hamilton Lessons from Great Biogr. (1859) 152 Making another tour of the company, each disciple filled his basket. †c. A short outing taken for exercise, recreation, as a social function, or the like; also, the route taken on such occasions; in 17th cent., in London, the drive round Hyde Park. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > outing or excursion > [noun] airing1607 tour1656 excursion1699 scheme1758 out1762 visit1800 outing1821 day out1822 day trip1838 spin1856 ta-ta1886 1656 Duchess of Newcastle True Relation in Natures Pictures 386 I go sometimes abroad..in my Coach..about some of the streets, which we call here a Tour, where all the chief of the Town goe to see and to be seen. 1665 S. Pepys Diary 19 Mar. (1972) VI. 60 Mr. Povy and I in his coach to Hide parke, being the first day of the Tour there. 1667 Duchess of Newcastle Life Duke of Newcastle ii. 64 Whereas at first there were no more but four Coaches that went the Tour,..all those that had sufficient means, and could go to the price, kept Coaches, and went the Tour for their own pleasure. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 75 Now and then, taking a little Tour about the Fields, and towards the Mountains. 1773 Life N. Frowde 46 Whilst the Ship staied at Cork we were perpetually diverted with Visits,..Tours into the adjacent Country, and Entertainments at Home. d. The circuit of an island, etc.; a round. ΚΠ 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 161 My next Design was to make a Tour round the Island. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. v. 335 He one day, attended by some of his officers, endeavoured to make the tour of the Island. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 25 The tour is something above fifteen Italian, or three German miles. †4. a. A crescent front of false hair (French tour de cheveux). Obsolete exc. Historical.Cf. also taure n. Also, in this sense, by confusion with tower n.¹, spelt 1600s towr, 1600s–1700s tower. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [noun] > artificial hair > section or lock of sidelock1530 lock1601 tour1674 snake1676 front1693 bull-tour1724 back-head1731 ramillies tail1782 frontlet1785 frisette1818 toupee1862 postiche1867 switch1870 pin-curl1873 scalpette1881 wig-tail1888 chichi1906 hairpiece1939 fall1943 toup1959 1674 London Gaz. No. 900/4 Lost.., a Red Russia leather Trunk about two foot long..; a very light curled Tower and Locks,..with..other wearing apparel in it for Women. 1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode ii. i. 20 Her Tour wou'd Keep in Curl no longer. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Tower, a Woman's false Hair on their Fore-heads. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Tour of Hair, a Tress, or Border of Hair, going round the Head, which mingled dexterously with the natural Hair, lengthens and thickens it. a1732 J. Gay Toilette in Poems (1737) II. 81 Ancient matrons with their frizled tow'rs. 1843 W. M. Thackeray Ravenswing vii, in Fraser's Mag. Sept. 322/1 People in tours and pig-tails. b. See also tower n.¹ 6b. II. Figurative uses (mostly from French). †5. A course to turn to; a shift, device, expedient. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > available means or a resource > a device, contrivance, or expedient costOE craftOE custc1275 ginc1275 devicec1290 enginec1300 quaintisec1300 contrevurec1330 castc1340 knackc1369 findinga1382 wilea1400 conject14.. skiftc1400 policy?1406 subtilityc1410 policec1450 conjecturea1464 industry1477 invention1516 cunning1526 shift1530 compass1540 chevisance1548 trade1550 tour1558 fashion1562 invent?1567 expediment1571 trick1573 ingeny1588 machine1595 lock1598 contrival1602 contrivement1611 artifice1620 recipea1643 ingenuity1651 expedient1653 contrivance1661 excogitation1664 mechanism1669 expediency1683 stroke1699 spell1728 management1736 manoeuvre1769 move1794 wrinkle1817 dodge1842 jigamaree1847 quiff1881 kink1889 lurk1916 gadget1920 fastie1931 ploy1940 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos ii. sig. D.iij^v What shift? what tour is best we take? 1699 J. Vanbrugh False Friend iii. iii We are still in the dark. I have one tour yet. Impudence be my aid! †6. A mode of phraseology; a ‘turn’ given to a phrase or sentence, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > mode of expression > turn of phrase express1644 expression1646 turn1685 tour1686 façon de parler1804 tournure1815 rephrasing1881 1686 R. Boyle Free Enq. Notion Nature ii. 39 A dextrous Writer may oftentimes be able to give such a Form (or, as the Modern Frenchmen speak), such a Tour to his many-ways variable Expressions, as to avoid the necessity of making use of the Word Nature. 1751 J. Brown Ess. Characteristics 32 With regard to the oratory of the bar,..it is easy to observe, what a different tour the learned council takes, in addressing himself to the judge or jury. †7. Manner of presenting or exhibiting anything; an aspect given to a matter. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > manner of handling a subject handimenta1665 tour1687 treatment1856 1687 Bp. G. Burnet Def. Refl. Varillas's Hist. Heresies 28 Yet Mr. Varillas has a sublime tour in every thing, so that instead of setting before us the reasons which led him to depend upon such an Author,..he gives one, which indeed no man beside himself would ever have thought on. 1687 Bp. G. Burnet Def. Refl. Varillas's Hist. Heresies 119 I find I judged too well of his Invention, in ascribing to him those Romantick Tours that he gave matters. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vi. §22 438 The next Tour of the Author..is to demonstrate, that although there were very good Reasons for the King to indulge the Fanatics.., yet he did it for none of those, but for other Reasons that were abominably bad. †8. The course or compass of anything; what it amounts to; range, scope. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [noun] > immaterial or incorporeal thing > scope or range of ampleness1509 reach1546 compass1555 zodiac1560 extent1593 range1599 verge1599 extension1604 latitude1605 extendure1610 point-blanka1616 comprisement1640 comprisurea1641 virge1640 tour1699 purview1751 gamut1753 sweep1781 diapason1851 carry1859 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 81 The latter part of his Life was the whole Tour and Compass that the Sophist designed to write of. 1713 R. Bentley Remarks Disc. Free-thinking I. xviii. 36 The whole Tour of the Passage is this: A man given to Superstition can have no security, day or night, waking or sleeping. 1737 D. Waterland Rev. Doctr. Eucharist vii. 232 Such is the Tour of the Argument, such the Chain of Ideas that forms it. †9. Manner or mode of being. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun] kindeOE i-cundeOE mannera1225 jetc1330 colour1340 hair1387 estrete1393 gendera1398 hedea1400 savourc1400 stockc1450 toucha1500 rate1509 barrel1542 suit1548 fashion1562 special1563 stamp1573 family1598 garb1600 espece1602 kidney1602 bran1610 formality1610 editiona1627 make1660 cast1673 tour1702 way1702 specie1711 tenor1729 ilk1790 genre1816 stripe1853 persuasion1855 the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > demeanour or bearing i-bereOE i-letelOE lundc1175 semblanta1240 countenancec1290 fare1297 porturec1300 bearinga1325 portc1330 abearc1350 demeaning14.. habit1413 apporta1423 havingsa1425 maintenance?c1436 demeanc1450 maintain?1473 deport1474 maintaining1477 demeanance1486 affair1487 containing1487 behaviour1490 representation1490 haviour?1504 demeanour1509 miena1522 function1578 amenance1590 comportance1590 portance1590 purport1590 manage1593 style1596 dispose1601 deportments1603 comportment1605 garb1605 aira1616 deportment1638 comport1660 tour1702 sway1753 disport1761 maintien1814 tenue1828 portment1833 allure1841 1702 G. Farquhar Inconstant v. ii. 72 Something I saw of a well-furnished careless agreeable Tour about you. 1720 D. Manley Secret Mem. (ed. 6) III. 239 The new Fashion Tour of Religion and Politicks. †10. A round, a course (of engagements, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > visit > [noun] > series of tour1711 round1748 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 156. ⁋4 Scarce one of all the Women who are in the Tour of Gallantries ever hear any thing of what is the common Sense of sober Minds. 11. One of the several trills, variations, or changes in the song of a trained canary. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Serinus > serinus canaria (canary) > sound made by rollingc1890 tour1906 1906 Daily Chron. 20 Oct. 6/7 There are..in all, some twenty known trills or ‘tours’ in the song of a really accomplished roller canary. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as tour-book, tour bus, tour director, tour guide, tour-making, tour operator, tour party, tour-writer, tour-writing; tour-money n. money paid for travelling fare and accommodation on a tour. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > record or account of (a) journey(s > [noun] > action of writing tour-writing?1764 travel writing1776 society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > record or account of (a) journey(s > [noun] > action of writing > one who voyage-writer1705 travel writer1711 tour-writer?1764 society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > that which guides or leads > guidebook itinerarya1552 journal1552 xenagogy1576 itinerario1588 periegesis1591 journey-book1610 wayfaring-book1610 itinerarium1747 guide1759 ambulator1774 guidebook1814 tour-book1824 travel guide1881 tourist guide1924 ?1764 J. Bush Hibernia Curiosa To Rdr. p. vi Neglected by the..tour-writers. 1793 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 70. 560 The rage for tour-writing, which prevails in the female world. 1824 J. Macculloch Highlands & W. Isles I. 41 I shall be obliged to write a tour book myself. 1869 P. Landreth Life A. Thomson i. 1 This occasional tour-making did not break up the continuity of his energetic life. 1909 Daily Chron. 5 Aug. 4/4 A third member of the party took fright..and requested the return of the tour-money. 1952 Galaxy June 56/2 I'm the tour director. Can I help you? 1965 J. A. Michener Source (1966) 22 That afternoon the first excursionists stopped at the tell, asking to see the Candlestick of Death, and the next morning a tour bus arrived. 1971 M. McCarthy Birds of Amer. 107 Their tour director, who had met them at Le Havre. 1973 P. Theroux Saint Jack xviii. 219 The tour-guide had started his spiel. 1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 47 I could only wait anxiously for the announcement of the names of the tour party to visit the West Indies that winter of 1967–68. 1981 Sunday Express Mag. 11 Oct. 9/1 (advt.) We've taken more British holiday-makers here than any other tour operator. 1981 M. Kenyon Zigzag xi. 67 He was agonizingly shy... Guiding tour parties petrified him. Draft additions 1993 Motor Racing, Cycling, etc. [ < French tour (de circuit).] A single circuit of a race-track, a lap. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > course or track > single circuit of lap1861 tour1954 1954 F. C. Avis Cyclists Ref. Dict. 113 Tour, the riding round one lap of a cycle race track. 1976 Milton Keynes Express 11 June 42/4 The meeting opened with the 1275 GT Mini challenge which was won by Paul Taft after leading for all but the first two tours. 1988 Kart & Superkart July 28/1 Brennan went into the last tour still with a huge lead over Jones. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tourv. Brit. /tʊə/, /tɔː/, U.S. /tʊ(ə)r/ Etymology: < tour n.⁋Touring in J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia (1624) vi. New Eng. 212 is an error for turning in the earlier Descr. New Eng. (1616) 17. †1. a. intransitive. To ‘take a turn’ in or about a place, esp. riding or driving. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > make short journey or excursion, esp. for pleasure > in or about a place tour1746 1746 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 443 The coach is ready for D. D. and me to tour in the park, and to see my lord's improvements. 1760 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 619 The Duchess has carried us to tour about the park and to see her hot-house. b. To turn, direct one's steps. dialect. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] thinkeOE bowa1000 seta1000 scritheOE minlOE turnc1175 to wend one's wayc1225 ettlec1275 hieldc1275 standc1300 to take (the) gatec1330 bear?c1335 applyc1384 aim?a1400 bend1399 hita1400 straighta1400 bounc1400 intendc1425 purposec1425 appliquec1440 stevenc1440 shape1480 make1488 steera1500 course1555 to make out1558 to make in1575 to make for ——a1593 to make forth1594 plyc1595 trend1618 tour1768 to lie up1779 head1817 loop1898 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 33 Aff I scours Blessing my lucky stars, an' hame I tours. 2. intransitive. To make a tour or circuitous journey, in which many places are visited, usually without retracing one's steps; to make a prolonged excursion for recreation or business; spec. of an actor, a theatrical company, or the like: to go ‘on tour’, to travel from town to town fulfilling engagements. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > travel about or visit many places > tour to go round1670 tour1789 tourify1820 tourize1837 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performer > appear as performer [verb (intransitive)] > tour tour1858 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > perform [verb (intransitive)] > go on tour tour1907 1789 A. C. Bower Diaries & Corr. (1903) 97 We are all got thus far touring for Health. 1799 S. T. Coleridge Let. to T. Poole in Lett. (1895) 306 The man who toured with me in Wales and afterwards published his ‘Tour’. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. x. vii. 665 Algarotti..has been touring about as a celebrity these four years past. 1886 Cyclists' Touring Club Gaz. IV. 126 A word of advice to those about to tour at Easter. 1897 Literature 13 Nov. 123/2 [He] has made up his mind to take up once again lecturing work, and he will tour in several of the large American towns. 1907 H. Wyndham Flare of Footlights xii Godfrey Deane has decided not to tour,..so I shall ask Antony for the part. 3. a. transitive. To make the tour or round of, to tour in (a country or district). ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > travel about > tour tour1885 1885 J. Coleman in Longman's Mag. VII. 67 Barrett organised a company with which..he toured the provinces. 1887 Bicycling News 8 Oct. 3/2 He landed at Melbourne, and toured the colonies with great success. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 25 Jan. 5/3 Mr. R. is this week touring his constituency. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 2 Feb. 9/1 To tour India..with an English amateur cricket team. b. To cover (a distance) in touring. ΚΠ 1891 in Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Feb. 1/2 One good performance on the path does more to arouse attention than 20,000 miles quietly toured. 4. spec. (Theatre) To take (a play or entertainment) on tour; to tour with. Also with a performer as object. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > perform [verb (transitive)] > tour (a performance) tour1897 travel1909 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > perform [verb (transitive)] > tour (a performer) tour1920 1897 Westm. Gaz. 22 May 8/1 ‘The County Fair’, the American drama..now being toured in the provinces by Mr. Neil Burgess's Company. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 12 Feb. 5/2 It is the intention of the lecturer to tour his illustrated entertainment in the provinces. 1910 Stage Year Bk. 52 This production [Peter Pan] was magnificently staged in Sydney, but the business was poor, and it was never toured. 1920 Glasgow Herald 10 June 7 Mr. Quinlan..recently toured Madame Tetrazzini and Signor Caruso. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. vi. [Hades] 90 The idea is to tour the chief towns... Mary Anderson is up there now... Louis Werner is touring her. Derivatives ˈtouring adj. that tours. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [adjective] > touring touring1832 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [adjective] > touring touring1832 1832 F. Trollope Domest. Manners Amer. (ed. 2) II. xxxiii. 236 To this frail shelter..nearly all the touring gentlemen..find their way. 1867 Harper's Mag. Dec. 96/1 As railways have multiplied, the formation of what are called Touring-parties, for the purpose of giving concerts and operas in the provinces, has become the business of many. 1870 Athenæum 15 Oct. 506 A touring troupe of singers from this country. 1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 Oct. 4/1 Town-abiding and touring Americans. 1888 J. Pennell in Pall Mall Gaz 25 Oct. 5 From the standpoint of a touring cycler. 1895 A. Roberts & R. Morton Adventures A. Roberts xiii. 159 Whether from preference or economy,..this touring company generally slept at night on the beach. 1969 G. Greene Trav. with my Aunt i. xi. 105 The touring company..came after my Paris days. It was in Paris that I was spotted by Mr Visconti... ‘He was a great amateur of..the stage.’ 1983 Times 7 Sept. 3/4 Scunthorpe is a regular stop-off point for touring companies. Draft additions 1993 5. intransitive. Of a motor car: to travel at a slow speed, esp. as a result of a mechanical fault; to crawl. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport or convey in a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > of a motor car, vehicle, etc. tour1908 twitch1958 waffle1969 1908 Isle of Man Weekly Times 12 Sept. 4/1 All the cars simply toured along. 1927 Peel City Guardian 18 June 6/5 Bennett's engine had given out..and he came touring in, and retired. 1987 Autosport 28 May 5/1 Bettenhausen was touring into the pits along the track apron, in his March–Cosworth 86C, when a loose right front wheel fell off. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1320v.1746
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