coursing

1. 1.

   hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent

   Broaderhunt

Other forms of coursing

plural

coursings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about coursing

What does coursing mean?

coursing means "hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent".

How many syllables are in coursing?

coursing has 2 syllables: cour-sing. The stress falls on "cour". In IPA it is /ˈkɔɹsɪŋ/.

Is coursing a common word?

coursing is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.