English Explanatory Dictionary

Indian relay

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sport developed by the Prairie Amerinds / Great Plains Indians, where competitors race thrice around a horsetrack bareback on horses, where the racer must jump off one horse and onto another at the end of each lap.
  2. A race of that sport.

Word forms

Indian relay Indian relays

Etymology

From Indian (“Amerindian”) + relay (“relay race”).

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