English Explanatory Dictionary

bobsleigh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sleigh for saw logs or heavy timber resting on two pairs of two short runners.
  2. A winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled.
  3. The sled used in the sport of bobsleigh.
verb
  1. To ride a bobsleigh.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɑbˌsleɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bobsleigh.wav

Word forms

bobsleigh bobsleighs bobsleighing bobsleighed

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 bob

Derived words

bobsleigher

Translations

Bulgarian: бобслей Bulgarian: боб Chinese Mandarin: 雪車 /雪车 Chinese Mandarin: 有舵雪橇 Chinese Mandarin: 長雪橇 /长雪橇 Chinese Mandarin: 長橇 /长橇 Dutch: bobsleeën Dutch: bobslee Dutch: bob Finnish: rattikelkkailu Finnish: rattikelkka French: bobsleigh German: Bobsport German: Bob German: Rennbob German: Rennschlitten Hungarian: bob Italian: bob Italian: guidoslitta Japanese: ボブスレー Korean: 봅슬레이 Korean: 봅슬레드 Polish: bobsleje Polish: bobslej Russian: бобсле́й Spanish: bobsleigh Swedish: bob
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