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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stee•ple•chas•ing (stē′pəl chā′sing),USA pronunciation n. - the sport of riding or running in a steeplechase.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024stee•ple•chase /ˈstipəlˌtʃeɪs/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Sporta horse race over a grass course with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
- Sporta foot race run on a cross-country course or over a course with obstacles, such as ditches or hurdles.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stee•ple•chase (stē′pəl chās′),USA pronunciation n., v., -chased, -chasing. n. - Sporta horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
- Sporta point-to-point race.
- Sporta foot race run on a cross-country course or over a course having obstacles, as ditches, hurdles, or the like, which the runners must clear.
v.i. - Sportto ride or run in a steeplechase.
- 1795–1805; steeple + chase1; so called because the course was kept by sighting a church steeple
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: steeplechase /ˈstiːpəlˌtʃeɪs/ n - a horse race over a course equipped with obstacles to be jumped, esp artificial hedges, ditches, water jumps, etc
- a track race, usually of 3000 metres, in which the runners have to leap hurdles, a water jump, etc
- archaic a horse race across a stretch of open countryside including obstacles to be jumped
- a rare word for point-to-point
vb - (intransitive) to take part in a steeplechase
Etymology: 19th Century: so called because it originally took place cross-country, with a church tower serving as a landmark to guide the ridersˈsteepleˌchasing n |