racetrackn.
/ˈreɪstrak/, U.S. /ˈreɪsˌtræk/ Originally U.S.
A typically oval course or track on which races are held. Also in extended use. Frequently attributive.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > racecourse > [noun]
careera1586
lists1601
hippodrome1750
horse-course1751
racecourse1764
racetrack1830
flat1870
raceway1910
1830 Amer. Turf Reg. & Sporting Mag. May 468 The judges' stand, at the Nashville race track.
1862 N.Y. Tribune 6 Mar. 6/6 We don't think that Tennessee is likely to be much of a battle-ground hereafter. There's more probability of her being a race-track.
1902 W. Carleton Songs of Two Cent. 66 We made a race-track of the road whene'er we had a mind, And you had not the faculty of following on behind.
1920 A. P. Terhune Bruce ii. 54 Remove the betting element, and you turn your racetrack into a huge and untrodden lot.
1927 New Republic 21 Sept. 120/2 No American town is more completely absorbed in race-track gambling.
1963 Times 24 May 16/6 The problem is best presented in terms of the dimensions of the race-tracks round which nuclear particles..are caused to circle repeatedly while gaining energy at each circuit.
1973 D. MacKenzie Postscript to Dead Let. 15 A set of Dufy racetrack prints on the walls.
2004 S. J. Palmer Aliens Adored ii. 47 Squealing around the cantilevered corners of the racetrack..a driver melts into his machine and becomes one with the engine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1830