stour Meaning, Definition & Usage

Stour noun
Etymology
OF. estour, estor, tumult, combat, of Teutonic origin. See Storm.
Definitions
  1. A battle or tumult; encounter; combat; disturbance; passion. Obs. Fairfax. "That woeful stowre." Spenser.
    She that helmed was in starke stours [fierce conflicts]. Chaucer.
Stour adjective
Etymology
See Stoor, a.
Definitions
  1. Tall; strong; stern. Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.

Webster 1913