hurdling

English

Noun

hurdling (countable and uncountable, plural hurdlings)

1. (athletics) A track and field running event where the runners have to jump over a number of hurdles.
2. hurdles collectively; frames of twigs, etc. for enclosing land
   • 1993, Bob Rees, Marika Sherwood, Black Peoples of the Americas, page 51:

     It is not unusual to find the little school of a Jamaican village nothing more than a hut of wattled hurdlings, covered on the sides with mud or clay, rooted with palm leaves or grass.

Translations

Translations

• Czech: překážkový běh m
• Finnish: aitajuoksu (fi)
• Hungarian: gátfutás (hu)
• Polish: bieg przez płotki (pl) m, biegi płotkarskie pl
• Romanian: alergare cu garduri f, cursă cu obstacole f
• Turkish: engelli koşu (tr)

Verb

hurdling

1. present participle and gerund of hurdle