coursing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent
  2. verb move swiftly through or over
    course.
    • ships coursing the Atlantic
  3. verb move along, of liquids
    feed; flow; run; course.
    • Water flowed into the cave
    • the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi
  4. verb hunt with hounds
    course.
    • He often courses hares

WordNet


Cours"ing noun
Definitions
  1. The pursuit or running game with dogs that follow by sight instead of by scent.
    In coursing of a deer, or hart, with greyhounds. Bacon

Webster 1913