Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tournure"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
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