coursing

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent
verb move swiftly through or over
verb move along, of liquids

“A coursing fellow, though,” said Sir James, with a fox-hunter’s disgust. — Middlemarch, George Eliot
"Lewes in Sussex--a dreary place, though in a first-rate coursing country. — Under the Red Dragon: A Novel, James Grant
Who can measure the amount of Anglo-Saxon blood coursing in the veins of American slaves? — Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann) Jacobs

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