† ˈcoursy, -sey Obs.
Also -sie.
[a. obs. F. coursie, corsie (in Cotgr. 1611) = It. corsia, deriv. of corso course.]
A raised passage from prow to poop of a galley over the rowing benches.
| 1611 Cotgr., Coursie, the Coursey; or, the Gallerie like space, on both sides whereof the seats of the slaues are placed. 1687 J. Phillips Quix. 577 With that the Admiral, leaping upon the Coursey, ‘Courage, Boys, all hands to work, let her not scape Us’. a 1693 Urquhart Rabelais iii. lii. 429 Hatches, Decks, Coursies, Bends and Walls of his Carricks. |