bobsleigh

Significado (Inglés)

Verb

To ride a bobsleigh.

Noun

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

Conceptos

bobsleigh

trineo

trineo balancín

Sinónimos

bobsled

sled

🛷

bob

sleigh

toboggan

sledge

luge

Traducciones

bobsleigh

Bob

bob

bobsleigh

Bobsport

bobsled

guidoslitta

bobsleeën

έλκηθρο

bobsleigh

bob

bob

bobsled

Etimología (Inglés)

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.