racecourse

racecourse [reys-kawrs, -kohrs] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. racetrack.
2. a current of water, as a millrace.

Origin of racecourse First recorded in 1755–65; race1 + course Examples from the Web for race-course Historical Examples of race-course

Alpheios swung out of its banks and washed away the race-course for chariots.

Buried Cities, Part 2

Jennie Hall

There was a race-course behind the hotel on the Heath, but the races have been suppressed.

Hampstead and Marylebone

Geraldine Edith Mitton

My fellow-students were full of stories of the hunting-field and the race-course.

A Day’s Ride

Charles James Lever

Leave the forum, the palaestra, the race-course, and gymnasium?

The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus

Caius Valerius Catullus

There is a race-course and a kind of gentlemen’s club-house.

Floyd Grandon’s Honor

Amanda Minnie Douglas

British Dictionary definitions for race-course racecourse noun

1. a long broad track, usually of grass, enclosed between rails, and with starting and finishing points marked upon it, over which horses are racedAlso called (esp US and Canadian): racetrack

Word Origin and History for race-course n.

1764, from race (n.1) + course (n.).