1. Hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent
   "Coursing was once a popular sport among the nobility"; "coursing was once a popular sport among the nobility";
   - corsing [US]

1. Move swiftly through or over
   "ships coursing the Atlantic"
    
2. Move along, of liquids
   "Water coursed into the cave";
   - run, flow, feed
    
3. (game) hunt with hounds
   "He often courses hares"

Derived forms: coursings

See also: run over

Type of: cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, hunt, hunt down, hunting, move, pass over, run, track, track down, traverse

Encyclopedia: Coursing