coursing
coursing
Definition
cours·ing (kôr′siŋ)
noun
- the action of a person or thing that courses
- hunting with hounds trained to follow game by sight rather than scent
coursing
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- ban: The Act governs hunting wild mammals with dogs in England and Wales, and bans all hare coursing.
- organize: The success of legislation would depend on the passive good will of the followers of organized coursing.
Adjective modifier
- irregular: Medium to large linear blocks with large rectangular blocks in the lower stage of the tower; irregular coursing.
- simulated: Although lurcher simulated coursing can be fun, it will never be able to replace the real thing.
- illegal: Whenever you suspect that illegal coursing is taking place on your land contact the Police.
- random: Fabrics: ' A ' is of small to medium blocks of gray and brown shale, irregularly shaped, and with random coursing.
- competitive: The only ban that might be enforceable would be the making of organized competitive coursing illegal.
- legal: Legal hare coursing is carried out by people who are licensed to take part in such events and have permission of landowners.
Modifies a noun
- order: Notice the extra step, the rotation of the new coursing order to get the 5th back to the start.
- club: The first public coursing club in England started in Swaffham, Norfolk, in 1776.
- season: Please make the current coursing season the final one.
- meeting: There is no longer much betting at static coursing meetings; what there is takes place at the larger meetings.
- event: Section 5: Hare coursing 9. Section 5 prohibits hare coursing events.
- field: The hares are usually tired by the time they reach the coursing field.
Noun used with modifier
- hare: Mr Barnett agreed hare coursing was a problem in the local area.
- whippet: Prizes There is no prize money in whippet coursing.
- lurcher: This also demonstrates that lurcher coursing is a growth area.
- greyhound: However, the course may still last little more than a minute longer than greyhound coursing.
- drag: Thus, at the so-called drag coursing meeting which Mr Hill attended, the actual course in fact was dead straight.
- blood: We know, you Western people have the youthful blood coursing through your veins.
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