coursey
coursey noun: a space in the galley; a part of the hatches.
Noun
coursey (plural courseys)
- A space in the galley; a part of the hatches.
- With that the Admiral, leaping upon the Coursey, Courage, Boys, all hands to work, let her not ſcape Us.1687, Phillips, J., The history of the most renowned Don Quixote, London: The Hodgkin, page 577
- […] the epibatæ, or fighting men, fought from gangways or courseys running the whole length of the vessel, and probably extending above the heads of the rowers […]1868, Charles Clement Cotterill, Ships and sailors, ancient and modern, page 14
Proper noun capitalized: Coursey
Coursey (plural Courseys)
- A surname.
Forms of coursey
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | courseys |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Courseys |
Origin of coursey
Compare Old French corsie, coursie (“passageway to the stern”). See course (noun).
Questions about coursey
- What does coursey mean?
- Coursey means a space in the galley; a part of the hatches.
- What part of speech is coursey?
- Coursey can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of coursey?
- The plural of coursey is courseys.
Words near coursey in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: coursey (page history and authors); Coursey (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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