Definition: Tournée

A drink offered to those gathered in front of the wine merchant's counter. The round is a drink that is passed around the assembled company. Some have seen this as an allusion to the small wheel that allows drinkers to pay for their drinks without leaving the wine merchant's counter. But then the term "offering" or "paying for the next round", which is widely used, would be meaningless. What is being played for cannot be offered. "I'll buy a round at Café Robert." Monselet.