tournure noun4 •Manner, bearing.Winterbourne stood looking after her; and as she moved away, drawing her muslin furbelows over the gravel, said to himself that she had the tournure of a princess. — 1879 •Phrasing, turn of phrase. •Turning shape, contour; curvature of a figure or outline.the tournure of the horns, which, at first sweeping backwards, gradually return so as to point forwards, with a tendency to a spiral curve. — 1840 •(historical) Synonym of bustle: any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress below the waist. formstournures
