"bobsleigh" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bobsleigh ] ] [canonical], bobsleighs [plural]
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. Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Translations (sleigh for logs): parireki (Finnish), suwhewik (Malecite-Passamaquoddy)
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  2. (uncountable, UK) A winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled. Tags: UK, uncountable Categories (topical): Winter sports
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  3. (UK) The sled used in the sport of bobsleigh. Tags: UK, countable, uncountable Translations (sled for sport): 有舵雪橇 (yǒuduòxuěqiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 長雪橇 (Chinese Mandarin), 长雪橇 (chángxuěqiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 長橇 (Chinese Mandarin), 长橇 (chángqiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), bobslee [feminine] (Dutch), bob [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), rattikelkka (Finnish), bobsleigh [masculine] (French), Bob [masculine] (German), Rennbob [masculine] (German), Rennschlitten [masculine] (German), bob (Hungarian), bob [masculine] (Italian), guidoslitta [feminine, rare] (Italian), ボブスレー (bobusurē) (Japanese), bobslej [masculine] (Polish), бобсле́й (bobsléj) [masculine] (Russian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bob, bobsled (english: USA/Canada) Derived forms: bobsleigher Translations (sport): 雪車 (Chinese Mandarin), 雪车 (xuěchē) (Chinese Mandarin), 有舵雪橇 (yǒuduòxuěqiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), bobsleeën [neuter] (Dutch), rattikelkkailu (Finnish), bobsleigh [masculine] (French), Bobsport [masculine] (German), bob (Hungarian), bob [masculine] (Italian), guidoslitta [feminine, rare] (Italian), ボブスレー (bobusurē) (Japanese), 봅슬레이 (bopseullei) (Korean), bobsleje [plural] (Polish), бобсле́й (bobsléj) [masculine] (Russian), bobsleigh (Spanish), bob [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'sport': 0 52 48

Verb

Forms: bobsleighs [present, singular, third-person], bobsleighing [participle, present], bobsleighed [participle, past], bobsleighed [past]
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. Head templates: {{en-verb}} bobsleigh (third-person singular simple present bobsleighs, present participle bobsleighing, simple past and past participle bobsleighed)
  1. To ride a bobsleigh.
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        "A sleigh for saw logs or heavy timber resting on two pairs of two short runners."
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