steeplechase

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) steeple +‎ chase

Noun

steeplechase (plural steeplechases)

1. (chiefly British) A horse race, either across open country, or over an obstacle course
2. An athletics event in which the runners have to run 3000 metres round a track, jumping hurdles and a water obstacle along the way

Related terms

• Grand National

Translations

horse race

• Dutch: steeplechase (nl) m
• Finnish: esteratsastus
• Hungarian: tereplovaglás (hu), lovas akadályverseny
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• Japanese: 障害物競馬 (shōgaibutsukēba)
• Korean: 장애물 경마 (jang'aemul gyeongma)

athletics event

• Dutch: steeplechase (nl) m
• Finnish: estejuoksu (fi)
• Greek: στιπλ (el) n (stipl)
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• Hungarian: akadályfutás (hu)
• Icelandic: hindrunarhlaup (is) n
• Swedish: hinderlöpning (sv) c