Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - courtship

(courtships) 1. Courtship is the activity of courting or the time during which a man and a woman are courting. (OLD-FASHIONED) After a short courtship, she accepted his marriage proposal. N-VAR 2. The courtship of male and female animals is their behaviour before they have sex. Courtship is somewhat vocal with a lot of displaying by the male. N-UNCOUNT