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Tournure definitions

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. [Fr.] 1. Shape, figure, form, turn, contour. 2. Bishop, bustle.