bobsleigh
[ bob-sley ]
/ ˈbɒbˌsleɪ /
noun, verb (used without object) Chiefly British.
Words nearby bobsleigh
Example sentences from the Web for bobsleigh
The bobsleigh track is at Hunderfossen, nine miles outside of town.
They brought it out from Buckhorn, in the bobsleigh, all wrapped up in old buffalo-robes and blankets and tarpaulins.
The Prairie Wife |Arthur StringerHe recommended a pair of skis, or a bobsleigh; he could put a fine fall of snow into the negative.
British Dictionary definitions for bobsleigh
bobsleigh
/ (ˈbɒbˌsleɪ) /
noun
a racing sledge for two or more people, with a steering mechanism enabling the driver to direct it down a steeply banked ice-covered run
(esp formerly)
- a sleigh made of two short sledges joined one behind the other
- one of these two short sledges
verb
(intr)
to ride on a bobsleigh
Also called (esp US and Canadian):
bobsled (
ˈbɒbˌslɛd)
Word Origin for bobsleigh
C19:
bob ² +
sleigh