Tournament

or Tournay . A military sport of the Middle Ages, in which combatants engaged one another with the object of exhibiting their courage, prowe , and skill in the use of arms, or for the honor of the ladies attending. According to Ducange, the difference between a tournament and a joust is, that the latter is a single combat, while in the former a troop of combatants encounter each other on either side. But this distinction has not been always observed.