STEEPLECHASE


Meaning of STEEPLECHASE in English

— steeplechaser , n.

/stee"peuhl chays'/ , n. , v. , steeplechased, steeplechasing .

n.

1. a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.

2. a point-to-point race.

3. a foot race run on a cross-country course or over a course having obstacles, as ditches, hurdles, or the like, which the runners must clear.

v.i.

4. to ride or run in a steeplechase.

[ 1795-1805; STEEPLE + CHASE 1 ; so called because the course was kept by sighting a church steeple ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .