hurdle
nounEtymology
] From Middle English hurdel, hirdel, herdel, hyrdel, from Old English hyrdel (“frame of intertwined twigs used as a temporary barrier”), diminutive of *hyrd, from Proto-Germanic *hurdiz, from Pre-Germanic *kr̥h₂tis, from Proto-Indo-European *kreh₂-. Cognate with Dutch horde, German Hürde.
Definitions
An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a…
An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.
- He ran in the 100 metres hurdles.
An obstacle, real or perceived, physical or abstract.
A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron,…
A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
- The practice of folding sheep was general, and the purchase of hurdles was a regular charge in the shepherd's account.
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A sled or crate on which criminals were drawn to the place of execution.
- In treason, the corporal punishment is by drawing on hurdle from the place of the prison to the place of execution, and by hanging and being cut down alive, bowelling, and quartering: and in women by burning.
- Such a crew! Ah! many a wretch has rid on hurdles who has done less mischief than these utterers of forged Tales, coiners of Scandal, and clippers of Reputation.
- Hurdles, with four, five, six wretches convicted of counterfeiting or mutilating the money of the realm, were dragged month after month up Holborn Hill. On one morning seven men were hanged and a woman burned for clipping
A piece that is jumped over by a hopper piece.
To jump over something while running.
- He hurdled the bench in his rush to get away.
To compete in the track and field events of hurdles (e.g. high hurdles).
To overcome an obstacle.
To hedge, cover, make, or enclose with hurdles.
- Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve In hurdled cotes amid the field secure
To jump over another piece without capturing it.
Misspelling of hurtle.
A surname.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA