Definition of tournure. Meaning of tournure. Synonyms of tournure

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Definition of tournure

Tournure
Tournure 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.
tournure
Bustle Bus"tle, n. A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; -- called also bishop, and tournure.

Meaning of tournure from wikipedia

- A bustle is a padded undergarment or wire frame used to add fullness, or support the drapery, at the back of women's dresses in the mid-to-late 19th century...
- Vanfleteren, Corneel (3 June 2024). "Le débat sur le port du voile prend une tournure après les propos de Pierre-Yves Jeholet (MR)". Business AM (in French)...
- January 2014. "L'attaque de Pierre Bergé contre le Téléthon prend une tournure politique". Le Monde. 21 November 2009. Archived from the original on 17...
- started to disappear with it being more dangerous to working-class women. Tournures or bustles were developed. Victorian-era cosmetics were typically minimal...
- Retrieved 24 May 2020. "La succession de Jean-Loup Dabadie prend une tournure judiciaire". Le Monde. "Mort de Claude Br****eur, le comédien de tous les...
- général anglais. Un vrai singe, excellent militaire, d’ailleurs, malgré sa tournure simiesque. He slept well, did General MacKackmale, with both eyes shut...
- filed by their British agent, C. Amet. Milliet had already patented a 'tournure de femme' in Paris on 24 April 1856 which was described as comprising "elastic...
- terms: “plume” describes a writing utensil and an ornament for hats; “tournure” and “style” are forms of writing and dressing; “boutiques” sell books...
- jingles. It was the final part of a trilogy of exhibits, the first, "Tournures and Hooped Petticoats" (Fardagály és kámvás rokolya) being held from 2010...
- Weise) Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Some mathematical aspects by H. C. Doets Tournures by D. G. Emmerich Venus de l'île by Mérimée Extract from the Opera The...