Start- u. Landebahn auf Flugplätzen; Ski-, Auto- oder Radrennstrecke; Einfassung der Manege im Zirkus.
ETYM French cours, course, Latin cursus, from currere to run. Related to Current.
(Homonym: coarse).
1. A mode of action.
2. General line of orientation; SYN. trend.
3. Part of a meal served at one time.
4. Education imparted in a series of lessons or class meetings; SYN. course of study, course of instruction, class.
5. A layer of masonry; SYN. row.
6. A connected series of events or actions or developments; or; SYN. line.
Trail; especially; a downhill ski trail
A prepared, usually circular, path used for foot races, horse races, or car races. race-course, racecourse.
Race track.
A course over which races are run; SYN. racecourse, raceway, track.
1. A beaten path made by animals; a passageway for animals
2. A paved strip of ground on a landing field for the landing and takeoff of aircraft
3. A narrow platform from a stage into an auditorium; a platform along which models walk in a fashion show
4. The area or path along which a jumper, pole vaulter, or javelin thrower runs
5. A strip of level paved ground where planes can take off and land.
ETYM Old Fren. trac track of horses, mules, trace of animals; of Teutonic origin; cf.Dutch trek a drawing, trekken to draw, travel, march, Mid. High Germ. trechen, pret. trach. Related to Trick.
1. Any road or path affording passage especially a rough one; SYN. cart track, cartroad.
2. A groove on a phonograph recording.
3. Any mark left by an animal, especially footprints.
4. A bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll; SYN. rail, rails.
5. The act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track; SYN. running.
6. (Computer science) One of the circular magnetic patterns on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data; SYN. data track.