Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of course
nouncoursing (countable and uncountable, plural coursings)
plural coursings
- countableuncountableThe sport of chasing wild animals, especially hares, with dogs by sight rather than by scent.
Narracoorte was the great coursing centre of the district, and, I believe, of the colony.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 133
Translations
Finnish ajo
- ajosport
German Hetzjagd
- Hetzjagdsport
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with coursing
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APA
coursing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coursing
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“coursing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coursing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
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