bobsleigh

From bobs, the short runners on which the bobsleigh is based (as opposed to a usual sleigh on long runners continuing all the way along the vehicle); further etymology unclear. Attested since 1839 as bob-sled, long before the invention of the sport.

bobsleigh (countable and uncountable, plural bobsleighs)

Bobsleighs [1]

A bobsleigh [3]

1. (obsolete) A sleigh for saw logs or heavy timber resting on two pairs of two short runners
2. (Britain) A winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled.
3. (Britain) The sled used in the sport of bobsleigh

• bob
• bobsled (USA/Canada)

bobsleigh (third-person singular simple present bobsleighs, present participle bobsleighing, simple past and past participle bobsleighed)

1. To ride a bobsleigh.

• IPA^(key): /bɔb.slɛɡ/, /bɔb.slɛ/

bobsleigh f (plural bobsleighs)

1. bobsleigh

bobsleigh m (plural bobsleighs)

1. bobsleigh