coursey

plural courseys

1. obsoletenauticalA space in the galley; a part of the hatches.

   On the 'coursey,' as it was called, the soldiers stood, and the mariners passed to and fro.

   1881, Charles Rathbone Low, Maritime Discovery, page 152

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   With that the Admiral, leaping upon the Coursey, Courage, Boys, all hands to work, let her not ſcape Us.

   1687, Phillips, J., The history of the most renowned Don Quixote, London: The Hodgkin, page 577

   […] the epibatæ, or fighting men, fought from gangways or courseys running the whole length of the vessel, and probably extending above the heads of the rowers […]

   1868, Charles Clement Cotterill, Ships and sailors, ancient and modern, page 14

plural Courseys

1. A surname.