steeplechase

See also: Steeplechase

English

Etymology

steeple +‎ chase, from horse races in 18th century Ireland in which orientation of the course was by reference to a church steeple.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Hyphenation: steeple‧chase

Noun

steeplechase (plural steeplechases)

1. (chiefly Britain, equestrianism) A horse race, either across open country, or over an obstacle course.
2. (athletics) An athletics event in which the runners have to run 3000 metres round a track, jumping hurdles and a water obstacle along the way

Derived terms

• steeplechaser

Translations

horse race

• Dutch: steeplechase (nl) m
• Finnish: esteratsastus (fi)
• French: steeple-chase (fr) m, course au clocher (fr) f
• German: Steeplechase f
• Hungarian: tereplovaglás (hu), lovas akadályverseny
• Italian: steeplechase f
• Japanese: 障害物競馬 (shōgaibutsukēba)
• Korean: 장애물 경마 (jang'aemul gyeongma)

athletics event

• Dutch: steeplechase (nl) m
• Finnish: estejuoksu (fi)
• French: steeple (fr) m
• German: Hindernislauf m
• Greek: στιπλ (el) n (stipl)
• Hungarian: akadályfutás (hu)
• Icelandic: hindrunarhlaup (is) n
• Italian: siepi (it) f pl
• Spanish: carrera con obstáculos f
• Swedish: hinderlöpning (sv) c
• Turkish: su engelli koşu, hendekli koşu

See also

• Grand National

Verb

steeplechase (third-person singular simple present steeplechases, present participle steeplechasing, simple past and past participle steeplechased)

1. To take part in a steeplechase event.

Further reading

• steeplechase (horse racing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• steeplechase (athletics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia