单词 | showjumping |
释义 | showjumpingn. The competitive sport of riding horses over a course of fences and other obstacles in an arena (now typically in an allotted time, with penalty points for errors); the action of a horse riding over such a course. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > equestrian sports except racing > [noun] > show-jumping showjumping1879 1879 Standard 23 June 3/5 The cleverest horses at show jumping would often make very poor hunters. 1907 Horse & Hound 15 June 377/2 The large Saturday company was treated to a severe competition in show jumping. 1958 S. Willcox Three Days Running xii. 141 Chips led after the dressage and did a clear round of show-jumping. 1990 N. Bartle tr. A. Knopfhart Fund. Dressage i. i. 7 Purity of movement may be desirable but is not essential in show-jumping. 2015 Canberra Times (Nexis) 4 Oct. a32 The event started with dressage and showjumping on Saturday. Compounds General attributive, as showjumping course, showjumping event, etc. ΚΠ 1928 Times 1 May 19/6 A stiff Show jumping course had to be jumped in the arena. 1963 E. H. Edwards Saddlery xvi. 121 Whether..the National Hunt jockeys, should employ a saddle incorporating the features of a show-jumping saddle and so conform to something approaching a show-jumping seat. 1976 Sunday Post (Glasgow) 26 Dec. 13/3 Two coloured photos of a show jumping event in Warwickshire. 1992 Time 27 July 76/2 Even a show-jumping competitor in England is charged with tampering with his horse. 2014 Horse & Rider Apr. 40/1 Here are three showjumping exercises that use no more than six jumps each. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1879 |
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