Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "tseren karusa" yana nufin wani nau'i na tsohuwar tsere inda dawakai ke jan karusai, yawanci don wasanni ko gasa. A irin wannan nau'in tseren, direban karusa (direba) yana jagorantar dawakai ta hanya yayin da yake tsaye akan abin hawa. Wasannin karusai sun shahara a tsohuwar Girka da Roma, kuma an nuna su a wasu al'adu kamar Masar da Mesopotamiya.
