Hypertext Webster Gateway: "coursing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Course \Course\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coursed} (k?rst)); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Coursing}.]
1. To run, hunt, or chase after; to follow hard upon; to
pursue.
We coursed him at the heels. --Shak.
2. To cause to chase after or pursue game; as, to course
greyhounds after deer.
3. To run through or over.
The bounding steed courses the dusty plain. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Coursing \Cours"ing\ (k?rs"?ng), n.
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
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
coursing
n : hunting with dogs that are trained to chase game by sight
instead of by scent
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