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ˈhorse-course
1. A horse-race.
1715Leoni Palladios Archit. (1742) II. 83 The Hippo⁓dromus for Horse-courses. 1727Swift Art Polit. Lying Wks. 1755 III. i. 121 Fox-chases, horse-courses, feats of activity in driving of coaches. 1759Goldsm. Wks. (1854) II. 68 The ambition of being foremost at a horse course.
2. A place for horse-races; a race-course.
1766Pennant Zool. (1768) I. 5 Croydon in the south, and Garterly in Yorkshire, were then famous horse-courses. 1778Eng. Gazetteer (ed. 2) s.v. Nottingham, Here is a fine plain on the north side of the town for a horse-course. 1841Lane Arab. Nts. I. 86 [He] directed him to repair to the horse-course. |