Courser (disambiguation)
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Courser may refer to:
Or to someone who engages in:
- CourserCourserThe Coursers are a group of birds which together with the pratincoles make up the family Glareolidae. They have long legs, short wings and long pointed bills which curve downwards...
– group of birds which together with the pratincoles make up the family Glareolidae - Courser (horse)Courser (horse)A courser is a swift and strong horse, frequently used during the Middle Ages as a warhorse. It was ridden by knights and men-at-arms.Coursers are commonly believed to be named for their running gait,...
– a swift and strong horse, frequently used during the Middle Ages for hunting or as a warhorse - Horse courser – early term for a horse dealer
Or to someone who engages in:
- CoursingCoursingCoursing is the pursuit of game or other animals by dogs—chiefly greyhounds and other sighthounds—catching their prey by speed, running by sight and not by scent. Coursing was a common hunting technique, practised by the nobility, the landed and wealthy, and commoners with sighthounds and lurchers...
– the pursuit of game or other animals by dogs - Hare coursingHare coursingHare coursing is the pursuit of hares with greyhounds and other sighthounds, which chase the hare by sight and not by scent. It is a competitive sport, in which dogs are tested on their ability to run, overtake and turn a hare, rather than a form of hunting aiming at the capture of game. It has a...
– the hunting of hares with dogs - Lure coursingLure coursingLure coursing is a sport for dogs that involves chasing a mechanically operated lure. Competition is usually limited to dogs of purebred sighthound breeds.-Lure course:...
– a sport for dogs that involves chasing a mechanically operated lure