hurdle

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.
2. An obstacle, real or perceived, physical or abstract.
3. A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
4. A sled or crate on which criminals were drawn to the place of execution.

Verb

1. To jump over something while running.
2. To compete in the track and field events of hurdles (e.g. high hurdles).
3. To overcome an obstacle.
4. To hedge, cover, make, or enclose with hurdles.

Verb

Misspelling of hurtle.

Concepts

obstacle

haie

barrière

claie

franchir

clôture

sauter

voûte

Synonymes

obstacle

barrier

block

impediment

fence

hindrance

vault

bar

difficulty

obstruction

jump over

wattle and daub

leap

wickerwork

handicap

hang-up

hardship

hazard

hedge

hitch

hop

hurdle-race

jump

learn

next

obtrusion

ordeal

overcome

paling

panel

rack

rail

restriction

riddle

roadblock

rush

skip

slat

spring

steeplechase

stymie

stymy

surmount

trammel

trial

trig

wattle

hinderance

diriment impediment

pilerow

blockade

bolt

bound

bulwark

check

clog

curvet

dart

🎯

dash

💨

deterrent

drag

encumbrance

fencing

Coupé comme

hurd‧le

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈhɜːdl̩/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: hurdel

Hérité de ancien anglais: hyrdel

Appartenant à néerlandais: horde

Appartenant à allemand: Hürde

In summary

From Middle English hurdel, hirdel, herdel, hyrdel, from Old English hyrdel (“frame of intertwined twigs used as a temporary barrier”), diminutive of *hyrd, from Proto-Germanic *hurdiz, from Pre-Germanic *kr̥h₂tis, from Proto-Indo-European *kreh₂-. Cognate with Dutch horde, German Hürde.

Phrases

A modern hurdle will fall over if a runner hits it .

Un obstacle moderne tombera si un coureur le frappe.