horse-coursen.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: horse n., course n.

Etymology: < horse n. + course n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhorse-course.

1. A horse race.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > race

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macaroni stake1823

1712 Proposals for printing Treat. Art of Political Lying 17 Fox-Chases, Horse-Courses, Feats of Activity in Driving of Coaches.

1715 J. Leoni tr. Palladio Archit. (1742) II. 83 The Hippo~dromus for Horse-courses.

1759 O. Goldsmith Wks. (1854) II. 68 The ambition of being foremost at a horse course.

2. A place for horse races; a racecourse.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > racecourse > [noun]

careera1586

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1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Nottingham There being a fine plain on the N. side of the T. for a horse-course.

1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) I. i. 5 Croydon in the south, and Garterly in Yorkshire, were then famous horse-courses.

1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 86 [He] directed him to repair to the horse-course.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	horse-course
释义	horse-coursen. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: horse n., course n. Etymology: < horse n. + course n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhorse-course. 1. A horse race. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > race horse racea1586 horse-match1632 horse-course1712 macaroni stake1823 1712 Proposals for printing Treat. Art of Political Lying 17 Fox-Chases, Horse-Courses, Feats of Activity in Driving of Coaches. 1715 J. Leoni tr. Palladio Archit. (1742) II. 83 The Hippo~dromus for Horse-courses. 1759 O. Goldsmith Wks. (1854) II. 68 The ambition of being foremost at a horse course. 2. A place for horse races; a racecourse. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > racecourse > [noun] careera1586 lists1601 hippodrome1750 horse-course1751 racecourse1764 racetrack1830 flat1870 raceway1910 1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Nottingham There being a fine plain on the N. side of the T. for a horse-course. 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) I. i. 5 Croydon in the south, and Garterly in Yorkshire, were then famous horse-courses. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 86 [He] directed him to repair to the horse-course. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1712
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