Coursing – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
coursing
n.
hunting with dogs (such as greyhounds) that are trained to chase game by sight instead of by scent
course
v.
hunt, pursue; run over; race
Coursing
Coursing is the pursuit of
game or other animals by
dogs—chiefly
greyhounds and other
sighthounds—catching their prey by speed, running by sight, but not by scent. Coursing was a common hunting technique, practised by the nobility, the landed and wealthy, and commoners with sighthounds and
lurchers. In its oldest recorded form in the
Western world, as described by
Arrian, the sport was practised by all levels of society, as remained the case until
Carolingian forest law appropriated hunting grounds, or commons, for the king, the nobility, and other land owners.
coursing
Noun
1. hunting with dogs that are trained to chase game by sight instead of by scent
(hypernym) hunt, hunting
(derivation) course
course
Noun
1. education imparted in a series of lessons or class meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"
(synonym) course of study, course of instruction, class
(hypernym) education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, educational activity
(hyponym) adult education
(part-meronym) coursework
2. a connected series of events or actions or developments; "the government took a firm course"; "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available"
(synonym) line
(hypernym) series
(hyponym) stream, flow, current
3. facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport; "the course had only nine holes"; "the course was less than a mile"
(hypernym) facility, installation
(hyponym) golf course, golf links, links
4. a mode of action; "if you persist in that course you will surely fail"; "once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place"
(synonym) course of action
(hypernym) action
(hyponym) blind alley
5. a line or route along which something travels or moves; "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river"
(synonym) path, track
(hypernym) line
(hyponym) collision course
6. general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"
(synonym) trend
(hypernym) direction, way
(derivation) run, flow, feed
7. part of a meal served at one time; "she prepared a three course meal"
(hypernym) nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals
(hyponym) entree, main course
(part-holonym) meal, repast
8. (construction) a layer of masonry; "a course of bricks"
(synonym) row
(hypernym) layer, bed
(hyponym) damp-proof course, damp course
(part-holonym) wall
Verb
1. move swiftly through or over; "ships coursing the Atlantic"
(hypernym) traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
(derivation) path, track
2. move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
(synonym) run, flow, feed
(hypernym) move
(hyponym) flush
(derivation) trend
3. hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares"
(hypernym) hunt, run, hunt down, track down
(derivation) coursing
(classification) game
Adverb
1. as might be expected; "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill"
(synonym) naturally, of course
Coursing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Course
(n.)
The pursuit or running game with dogs that follow by sight instead of by scent.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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