26984 words

courses

1 definition • 4 examples
1
the bleeding from a woman's uterus (= the organ in the body in which a baby develops before birth) that happens about once a month when she is not pregnant:

Examples:

Her courses ceased and she knew that she was with child.
She took a heated brick to bed with her when she had her courses.
Her ladies-in-waiting kept careful track of when the queen had her courses.
That spring, she had begun her monthly courses.

Navigation