course, n.f., race, running; run; career; tilt; coursing, hunting, chase; cruise, cruising, incursion, privateering; journey, walk; excursion, jaunt; round, call, errand; tour; fare; course; (nav.) cruise; length of the stroke (of a piece of machinery). Il est léger à la —; he is a swift runner. Surpasser à la —; to outrun. — de bague; running at the ring. — de chevaux; horse-race. Champ de —; race-course. — au clocher; steeple-chase. Une — à pied; a foot-race. — de chars; chariot-race. — de haies; hurdle-race. Aller en —; to go upon a cruise. Vaisseau armé en —; ship armed for cruising, privateer. Être en —; to be out. Faire des —s; to go on errands, to pay calls. Faire une — à cheval; to take a ride. Faire une — à pied; to walk out on foot. Prendre un fiacre à la —; to take a hackney coach by the drive. Lutte à la —; foot-match.
coursier, n.m., charger, steed; (nav.) bow, bow-chase; float-board.
coursive, n.f., (nav.) waist; passage; half-deck.
courson, n.m., shoot cut down to three or four eyes; vine-shoot.
court, -e, adj., short; scanty; brief, concise, curt, succinct; narrow; limited. Être — d’argent; to be short of money. Avoir la vue —e; to be near-sighted. Il est revenu avec sa —e honte; he came back unsuccessful. Il veut la faire —e et bonne; he wishes to have a short but a merry life.
court, n.m., the shortest way. Savoir le — et le long d’une affaire; to know the long and the short of an affair. Prendre le plus —; to take the shortest way.
court, adv., short. S’arrêter tout —; to stop short. Tourner —; to turn short. Pour le faire —; to be short. Couper — à quelqu’un; to cut any one short. Demeurer tout —; to stop short. Tenir quelqu’un de —; to keep anyone under. Tout —; only that, and no more. À — de; short of.
courtage, n.m., (com.) business of a broker; brokerage, commission. — de change; bill-brokerage. Faire le —; to carry on the business of a broker.
courtaud, -e, adj., thick-set, dumpy; docked, crop-eared (of dogs, horses). Etriller quelqu’un en chien —; to give any one a good licking.
courtaud, n.m., -e, n.f., short, thick-set person. — de boutique; shop drudge, counter-jumper. [In the latter sense, courtaud is not used in the feminine.]