Tournay, a town of Hainault, Belgium, on the Scheldt, 35 m. SW. of Brussels; in the 5th century was the seat of the Merovingian kings, but now presents a handsome modern appearance; has a fine Romanesque cathedral and flourishing manufactures of hosiery, linen, carpets, and porcelain.
Population (circa 1900) given as 35,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Tournaments * Tourneur, Cyril