coursing
/ˈkɔrsɪŋ/
noun
- The sport of chasing hares or other game with dogs, especially greyhounds, by sight rather than scent.
- The dogs were trained specifically for coursing across open fields.
- Coursing was once a popular countryside sport in England.
- Many countries have banned coursing because of animal welfare concerns.
verb
- To move or flow swiftly, like liquid or blood.
- Blood coursed through his veins as he sprinted toward the finish line.
- Adrenaline coursed through her body during the scary movie.
- The river courses down the mountain after the snow melts.
- To chase or hunt with dogs in the sport of coursing.
- They spent the morning coursing rabbits in the meadow.
- He learned to course from his grandfather, who kept a kennel of sight hounds.
- The hunters coursed the field with their greyhounds.