steeplechase

English

noun
Definitions
  • (chiefly) 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

Etymology

Compound from English steeple + English chase (decorate metal, pursue, groove)root from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (seize, grasp, take, catch, grab, stick to, hold).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*keh₂p-

Gloss

seize, grasp, take, catch, grab, stick to, hold

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