Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A horserace across open country or over an obstacle course.
- noun A footrace of usually 3,000 meters over a closed track with four hurdles and a water obstacle.
- noun A course of action containing many obstacles.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A horse-race across a tract of country in which ditches, hedges, and other obstacles must be jumped as they come in the way.
- noun In billiards, primarily, an exhibition stroke in which the cue-ball is lifted from the table and made to jump, the cue having first been laid flat upon the table. It can be fair, but is liable to be foul (a push), and on Nov. 28, 1905, the English Billiard Association, called upon to rule it out of regular billiards, enacted equivocally that, “properly made, it is fair.” It is neither recognized nor needed in American billiards.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chiefly UK A
horse race , either acrossopen country , or over anobstacle course - noun An
athletics event in which therunners have to run 3000 metres round a track,jumping hurdles and awater obstacle along
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a horse race over an obstructed course
- noun a footrace of usually 3000 meters over a closed track with hurdles and a water jump
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Barringer was the 2006 and 2008 NCAA champion in steeplechase while at University of Colo.
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And the others, like the junior boys of a school when the steeplechase is being run, crowded around the Head Master, watching the heroes come home.
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Famiglietti was the 2008 Olympic trials champion in steeplechase.
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The steeplechase is a distance race that uses five barriers, including one water jump, around
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2010
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Until this summer, Neale was not allowed to run the steeplechase, which is not sanctioned in high school.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2010
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Until this summer, Neale was not allowed to run the steeplechase, which is not sanctioned in high school.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2010
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The steeplechase is a distance race that uses five barriers, including one water jump, around
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2010
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Until this summer, Neale was not allowed to run the steeplechase, which is not sanctioned in high school.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2010
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Until this summer, Neale was not allowed to run the steeplechase, which is not sanctioned in high school.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2010
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And the steeplechase could be a future "wild card" for Hall.
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