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English

Noun

bobsled (plural bobsleds)

1. (US and Canada) A sled used to go down a bob track.
2. (US and Canada) The sport of travelling down a bob track as fast as possible.
3. A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; the compound sled so formed.
   • W. D. Howells

     The long wagon body set on bobsleds.

Synonyms

• (sled): bobsleigh
• (sport): bobsleigh, bobsledding

Derived terms

• bobsledder

Translations

Verb

bobsled (third-person singular simple present bobsleds, present participle bobsledding, simple past and past participle bobsledded)

1. To ride a bobsled.

Translations

See also

• bobsled on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

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.

Noun

bobsleigh (countable and uncountable, plural bobsleighs)

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

Synonyms

• bob
• bobsled (USA/Canada)

Translations

Verb

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

1. To ride a bobsleigh.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?p.sl?/, /b?p.sl??/

Noun

bobsleigh f (plural bobsleighs)

1. bobsleigh

Spanish

Noun

bobsleigh m (plural bobsleighs)

1. bobsleigh