steeplechase

English

Etymology

steeple +‎ chase

Noun

steeplechase (plural steeplechases)

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

Related terms

Grand National

Translations

horse race

Dutch: steeplechase (nl) m
Finnish: esteratsastus
Hungarian: tereplovaglás (hu), lovas akadályverseny

Japanese: 障害物競馬 (shōgaibutsukēba)
Korean: 장애물 경마 (jang-aemul gyeongma)

athletics event

Dutch: steeplechase (nl) m
Finnish: estejuoksu (fi)
Greek: στιπλ (el) n (stipl)

Hungarian: akadályfutás (hu)
Icelandic: hindrunarhlaup (is) n
Swedish: hinderlöpning (sv) c

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