Coursing
['kɔːsɪŋ] or ['kɔrsɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent.
Edited by Julius--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Course
(n.) The pursuit or running game with dogs that follow by sight instead of by scent.
Typist: Penelope
Examples
- They are used chiefly in the sport of coursing, a work for which their peculiar shape, strength, keenness of sight and speed make them exceedingly well fitted. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This, with the tears coursing down her fair old face. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The crisp, fresh mountain air outside the cave acted as an immediate tonic and I felt new life and new courage coursing through me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Oliver looked up at the windows, with tears of happy expectation coursing down his face. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Yes, yes, give me a coroner who is a good coursing man, said Mr. Vincy, jovially. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- For they say he's been losing money for years, though nobody would think so, to see him go coursing and keeping open house as they do. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Editor: Nettie