cross country

cross country

See also: cross-country

English

Alternative forms

• cross-country, crosscountry

Noun

cross country (countable and uncountable, plural cross countries or cross countrys)

1. (sports) A running sport popular in US high schools, colleges, etc., where participants race over varying terrain (e.g. golf courses, roads, etc.) in approximately 5- to 10-kilometre races. Abbreviated XC.
2. A phase of the equestrian sport of three day eventing, which the horse and rider travel over varied terrain and jump natural obstacles.
3. (countable) Flight between two points or aerodromes using navigational techniques.

Related terms

• cross-country (adjective)
• cross-country skiing

Translations

running sport

Bulgarian: крос m (kros) Chinese: Mandarin: 越野 (zh) (yuèyě) Finnish: maastojuoksu French: cross-country (fr) m German: Geländelauf m Japanese: クロスカントリー (kurosukantorī), 断郊競走 (だんこうきょうそう, dankōkyōsō) Norwegian: Bokmål: terrengløp n Nynorsk: terrengløp n, terrenglaup n Polish: biegi przełajowe m pl Portuguese: corta-mato m Russian: кросс (ru) m (kross) Swahili: mbio za nyika (sw)

phase of equestrian three day event

Finnish: maastoesteratsastus

See also

• Cross County
• three day eventing