steeplechase

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (British) A horse race, either across open country, or over an obstacle course.
2. An athletics event in which the runners have to run 3000 metres round a track, jumping hurdles and a water obstacle along the way.

Verb

To take part in a steeplechase event.

Concepts

steeple chase

steeple-chase

steeple

haie

Synonymes

grind

horse race

hurdle

hurdles

leap

racing

vault

showjumping

race-meeting

the races

stadium jumping

Traductions

Hindernisrennen

carrera de obstáculos

cursa d’obstacles

στιπλ

engelli yarış

3000 siepi

steeplechase

corrida de obstáculos

αγώνας στιπλ

Hindernislauf

Jagdrennen

ιπποδρομία μετ’ εμπόδιων

سباق الحواجز

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈstiːpəltʃeɪs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Compound of steeple + chase, from horse races in 18th century Ireland in which orientation of the course was by reference to a church steeple.