bobsleigh

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
20
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈbɑbˌsleɪ/

Definition of bobsleigh

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A sleigh for saw logs or heavy timber resting on two pairs of two short runners.
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noun

  1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A sleigh for saw logs or heavy timber resting on two pairs of two short runners.
  2. (uncountable)A winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled.
  3. (countable)The sled used in the sport of bobsleigh.

verb

  1. To ride a bobsleigh.

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Etymology

From bobs, the short runners on which the bobsleigh is based (as opposed to a usual sleigh on long runners continuing all the way along the vehicle); further etymology unclear. Attested since 1839 as bob-sled, long before the invention of the sport.

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