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racecourse

noun

Etymology

From race + course.

  1. derived from *ḱers-✻
  2. derived from cursus
  3. derived from cours
  4. inherited from cours
  5. compounded as racecourse — “race + course”

Definitions

  1. A course over which races are run.

    • At one point they made a racecourse around the Sepulchre and some, almost in a state of nudity, danced about with frantic gestures, yelling and screaming as if possessed,

  2. A racetrack where horse races are run.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA