bobsleigh

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.

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.

Synonyms

bobsled

sled

🛷

bob

sleigh

toboggan

sledge

luge

Translations

bobsleigh

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bobslej

Bobsport

bobsleje

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bobsled

guidoslitta

bobsleeën

έλκηθρο

bobsleigh

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