TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
cúrsáil1, f. (gs. -ála). 1. vn. of cúrsáil2. 2. Cruise. Long chúrsála, cruising ship. Cabhlach cúrsála, cruising fleet. 3. Course, chase. ~ giorriacha, hare-coursing. leithéid de chúrsáil, such a chase; such running about.
cúrsáil2, v.t. & i. (pres. -álann). 1. Cruise. Long ag ~, a ship turning, tacking. 2. (Of sail) Reef. Seol a chúrsáil, to reef a sail. S.a. snaidhm1 1 (a). 3. Course, chase. Ag ~ giorria, coursing a hare. Ag ~ a chéile ar fud na háite, chasing each other all over the place. Ag ~ thart, running about.