† coursycourseyn.
Obsolete.
A raised passage from prow to poop of a galley over the rowing benches.
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Coursie, the Coursey; or, the Gallerie like space, on both sides whereof the seats of the slaues are placed.
1687 J. Phillips tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote 577 With that the Admiral, leaping upon the Coursey, ‘Courage, Boys, all hands to work, let her not scape Us’.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. lii. 429 Hatches, Decks, Coursies, Bends and Walls of his Carricks.
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