Coursing. Also 7 coat. [f. COTE v.1] The action described under COTE v.1
1575. Turberv., Venerie, 246. He that giueth most Cotes, or most turnes, winneth the wager. A Cote is when a Greyhound goeth endways by his fellow, and giueth the Hare a turne … but if he coast and so come by his fellowe, that is no Cote.
1612. Drayton, Poly-olb., xxiii. (1748), 356. She from the dogs doth spin, That strive to put her off, but when he cannot reach her, This giving him a coat, about again doth fetch her.
1848. Johnson, Sportsman’s Cycl., 194/1. A cote is when two dogs start even together, the hare going in a straight forward direction, and one dog draws endways by the other, and gives the hare a turn.
