knight-errantry

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English

Noun

knight-errantry (countable and uncountable, plural knight-errantries)

The character or actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of adventures.
Chivalry; a quixotic or romantic adventure or scheme.
- 1742–1745, [Edward Young], The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: [Samuel Richardson] for A Millar , and R Dodsley , published 1750, →OCLC:
  Virtue is knight-errantry no more

References

“knight-errantry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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