BOBSLEIGH


Meaning of BOBSLEIGH in English

/ ˈbɒbsleɪ; NAmE ˈbɑːb-/ ( BrE ) ( NAmE bob·sled / ˈbɒbsled; NAmE ˈbɑːb-/) (also bob ) noun

a racing sledge (= a vehicle for two or more people that slides over snow)

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent. (originally US, denoting a sleigh made of two short sleighs coupled together and used for hauling logs): from bob in the sense short + sleigh .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.