Indian relay

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English

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Etymology

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Indian (Amerindian) +‎ relay (relay race)

Noun

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Indian relay (countable and uncountable, plural Indian relays)

  1. (uncountable) A sport developed by the Prairie Amerinds / Great Plains Indians, where competitors race thrice around a horsetrack bareback on horses, where the racer must jump off one horse and onto another at the end of each lap.
  2. (countable) A race of that sport.