Coursed
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 simple past and past participle of course form-of, participle, past
- 1 Laid out in courses or rows.
"For example, when a coursed rubble or block-in-course wing-wall or spandril of a bridge has to support an ashlar parapet, a string course must first be placed on the wall, to give a steady base for the parapet, and to distribute its weight over the smaller stones below."
- 2 Chased by hunters with dogs.
"Daniel, in his Rural Sports (vol. i. p. 446, and Suppl. p. 694(, mentions several instances of white hares; and Scott, in his British Field Sports (p. 361), gives an account of a coursed hare which was said to have become white from fright!"
Example
More examples"A surge of adrenaline coursed through Anna's veins as she attempted to escape the warehouse, desperate to evade the dogs."
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