By-and-by, she wandered away to an unnecessary revelation of her master's whereabouts: gone to help in the search for his landlord, the Sieur de Poissy, who lived at the château just above, and who had not returned from hischase the day before; so the intendant imagined he might have met with some accident, and had summoned the neighbours to beat the forest and the hill-side.
1981,William Irwin Thompson,The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page134:
Through male bonding, the subculture of the hunt caught up in the mystique of thechase, the hunting party became a military force, and men discovered that they need not stop at defense: they could go out to hunt for other people's wealth.
(uncountable) A children's game where one player chases another.
1996, Marla Pender McGhee,Quick & Fun Learning Activities for 1 Year Olds, page25:
Some children like to be caught when playingchase, and others do not.
2009, Martin J. Levin,We Were Relentless: A Family's Journey to Overcome Disability, page41:
So we playedchase up and down the concourses of the airport.
Outside, the stately oaks, rooted for ages in the green ground which has never known ploughshare, but was still achase when kings rode to battle with sword and shield and rode a-hunting with bow and arrow, bear witness to his greatness.
Anything being chased, especially a vessel in time of war.
1575,George Gascoigne, chapter 40, inThe Noble Arte of Venerie of Hunting[1], London: Christopher Barker, page111:
As touching theHarte and such other lightchases or beasts ofUenerie, the huntesmen on horsebacke may followe theyr houndes alwayes by the same wayes that they saw him passe ouer,
(real tennis) The occurrence of a secondbounce by theball in certain areas of thecourt, giving theserver the chance, later in the game, to "play off" the chase from the receiving end and possibly win thepoint.
(real tennis) A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and thededans the adversary must drive the ball in order to gain a point.
(cycling) One or more riders who are ahead of thepeloton and trying to join the race or stageleaders.
(transitive) To consume another beverage immediately after drinkinghard liquor, typically something better tasting or less harsh such as soda or beer; to use a drink as achaser.
John ordered quite a few drinks. I think I stopped at four. He kept ordering straight shots of tequila andchasing them with a beer. Then he’d tear off the filter on his cigarette before smoking it.
(printing) A rectangular steel or iron frame into which pages or columns of type are locked for printing orplate-making.
1920, Robert F. Salade, chapter IX, inHow Paper Boxes are Made:
The die-maker should work upon the surface of an imposing table. First, he places on the table thechase in which the die is to be locked up. Second, he fills in thechase with regular printer’s wood furniture, leaving space in the center for the die, and placing locking quoins near the top of thechase and on the right-hand side of thechase. Third, the cutting and creasing rules are set in the open space in the center of thechase, filling in with metal or wood furniture.
(shipbuilding) A kind ofjoint by which anoverlap joint is changed to aflush joint by means of a gradually deepeningrabbet, as at the ends ofclinker-built boats.
