hurdling

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) Romanian: alergare cu garduri f, cursă cu obstacole f

Verb

hurdling

1. present participle of hurdle