Unscramble

c 3 o 1 u 1 r 1 t 1 s 1 h 4 i 1 p 3

9 letters · 16 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)

originFrom court (“demonstration of such respect as is traditionally given at court; attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favour; politeness of manner; civility towards someone”) + -ship (suffix forming nouns indicating a property or state of being).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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