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Definition of Racecourse

1. Noun. A course over which races are run.

Definition of Racecourse

1. Noun. a course over which races are run ¹

2. Noun. (British) a racetrack where horse races are run ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Racecourse

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Racecourse

Literary usage of Racecourse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Athletics and Mathematics in Archaic Corinth: The Origins of the Greek Stadionby David Gilman Romano by David Gilman Romano (1993)
"racecourse Surface The excavations of 1980 at Corinth exposed the successive running surfaces of the racecourse as a series of crushed poros levels. ..."

2. Athletics and Mathematics in Archaic Corinth: The Origins of the Greek Stadionby David Gilman Romano by David Gilman Romano (1993)
"racecourse Surface The excavations of 1980 at Corinth exposed the succe running surfaces of the racecourse as a series of crushed poros li These are ..."

3. The Weekly Reporter by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain. Privy Council, Great Britain. Supreme Court of Judicature (1901)
"49), by which the learnt*! judge held that the defendant racecourse Co. were not entitled to enter into any contract for the aale and ..."

4. Twenty-five Years of Detective Life by Jerome Caminada (1895)
"racecourse THIEVES. A CHIEF CONSTABLE ROBBED—HOW I WAS AIDED BY A SHARPER. DURING the racing season there is a large class of thieves who attend the ..."

5. The Australian Digest by Great Britain Privy Council. Judicial Committee (1900)
"Horse-racing—racecourse —Eight of public to enter—Grant to Superintendent under The Public Reserves Act, 1854— Provincial ordinances—Ultra vires—Conveyance ..."

6. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... (literary). racecourse, n. course (contextual), track, cursus (tech.); spec, hippodrome. racer, n. competitor (contextual), entrant (contextual); spec, ..."

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