steeplechasen.

Etymology: < steeple n.¹ + chase n.¹Compare to hunt the steeple , steeple-hunting , steeple n.¹ 2c, Compounds 2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsteeplechase.

1. A horse race across country or on a made course with artificial fences, water-jumps, and other obstacles. Formerly, a race having a church steeple in view as goal, in which all intervening obstacles had to be cleared.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > types of racing > types of race

wild-goose race1594

wild goose chase1597

bell-course1607

Palio1673

stake1696

paddock course1705

handicap1751

by-match1759

pony race1765

give and take plate1769

sweepstake1773

steeplechase1793

mile-heat1802

steeple race1809

welter1820

trotting-race1822

scurry1824

walkover1829

steeple hunt1831

set-to1840

sky race1840

flat race1848

trot1856

grind1857

feeler1858

nursery1860

waiting race1868

horse-trot1882

selling plate1888

flying milea1893

chase1894

flying handicap1894

prep1894

selling race1898

point-to-point1902

seller1922

shoo-in1928

daily double1930

bumper1946

selling chase1965

tiercé1981

1793 Sporting Mag. Apr. 57/2 The Hon. Mr. O'Hea and Captain Magrath ran a Steeple-chace, near Galloway.

1803 W. Taplin Sporting Dict. II. 486 This kind of chase [sc. Wild-Goose chase]..was long since changed to a train scent, (that is, a drag across the country;) better known by the denomination of a steeple chase.

1818 ‘W. H. Scott’ Brit. Field Sports 433 A late Steeple Chase.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xvii. 148 Tom Cinqbars, who was going to ride the steeple-chase.

1884 A. E. T. Watson in Longman's Mag. Apr. 606 In these days steeples had something to do with steeple-chases.

attributive.1839 Sporting Mag. Apr. 472 Men who make a profession of Steeple-chase riding.1839 Sporting Mag. Apr. 473 Ground..called in requisition to form part of the Steeple-chase course.1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 4694 Hunting saddles, steeple-chase saddle.1893 R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour (rev. ed.) x. 54 Caingey..was now hoisted on to the renowned steeple-chase horse again.1897 Badminton Mag. 4 393 I won the regimental steeplechase cup with her last April.figurative.c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 394/2 Expending considerable time in a chemical steeple-chase.1898 16th Cent. Apr. 523 Evidently all that is the result of this steeplechase of colonial aggrandisement.

2. transferred. A foot-race across country or over a course furnished with hurdles, ditches, and other obstacles.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > hurdling or steeplechasing

steeplechasing1816

hurdle-race1836

steeplechase1864

hurdle1887

hurdling1897

1864 Jackson's Oxf. Jrnl. 12 Mar. 5/4 Oxford & Cambridge Athletic Sports... Steeple Chase, over about two miles of fair hunting country.

1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 58/1 [article Athletics] Steeplechasing. For many years past no athletic sports programme has been considered quite complete without a steeplechase.

3. A parlour game played on a board representing a steeplechase course, each player having a metal figure of a horse, the movements of which are regulated by the casting of dice and by the nature of the obstacles supposed to be encountered.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > other board games > [noun] > horseracing game

racing game1857

race game1865

steeplechase1892

1892–3 T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Fall–Winter 67/1 Games..errand boy, steeplechase, yacht race [etc.].

1895 Stores' Price List Race, or Steeplechase Game.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 868/2 Steeplechase.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

steeplechasev.

Etymology: < steeplechase n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsteeplechase.

intransitive. To ride or run in a steeplechase; to practise riding in steeplechases. Also transferred and figurative.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > race on foot [verb (intransitive)] > types of foot racing

steeplechase1883

hurdle1896

marathon1920

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > engage in horse racing [verb (intransitive)] > ride in race > in specific type of race

grind1857

steeplechase1883

1883 E. Pennell-Elmhirst Cream Leics. 233 Over fence after fence they steeplechased.

1895 Westm. Gaz. 2 Nov. 3/3 He has steeplechased for twenty-nine years in England, Ireland, and India.

1905 Daily Chron. 16 Feb. 4/5 I..steeplechased over benches and iron bars, until I reached the best position in the Albert Hall.

Derivatives

ˈsteeplechasing n.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > hurdling or steeplechasing

steeplechasing1816

hurdle-race1836

steeplechase1864

hurdle1887

hurdling1897

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > types of racing

steeple-hunting1772

quarter-racing1779

roading1787

pony racing1809

steeplechasing1816

steeple running1818

steeple racing1840

horse-trotting1857

plating1865

trotting1883

chasing1886

flat-racing1886

harness racing1901

flapping1911

flapper1928

point-to-pointing1952

pointing1976

1816 in A. Coventry & A. E. T. Watson Steeple-chasing in Earl of Suffolk et al. Racing & Steeple-chasing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) (1886) 283 Steeple-chasing.

1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports ii. ii. ii. 379 Steeplechasing... This once fashionable amusement was brought into notice about 25 years ago, avowedly for [etc.].

1866 R. M. Ballantyne Shifting Winds viii. 74 That is more arduous work than steeple-chasing.

1887 H. Smart Cleverly Won xi. 96 There's a good deal of uncertainty about steeplechasing.

1887 M. Shearman Athletics & Football (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 114 Steeplechasing is quite unknown at athletic meetings at the Universities.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	steeplechase
释义	steeplechasen. Etymology: < steeple n.¹ + chase n.¹Compare to hunt the steeple , steeple-hunting , steeple n.¹ 2c, Compounds 2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsteeplechase. 1. A horse race across country or on a made course with artificial fences, water-jumps, and other obstacles. Formerly, a race having a church steeple in view as goal, in which all intervening obstacles had to be cleared. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > types of racing > types of race wild-goose race1594 wild goose chase1597 bell-course1607 Palio1673 stake1696 paddock course1705 handicap1751 by-match1759 pony race1765 give and take plate1769 sweepstake1773 steeplechase1793 mile-heat1802 steeple race1809 welter1820 trotting-race1822 scurry1824 walkover1829 steeple hunt1831 set-to1840 sky race1840 flat race1848 trot1856 grind1857 feeler1858 nursery1860 waiting race1868 horse-trot1882 selling plate1888 flying milea1893 chase1894 flying handicap1894 prep1894 selling race1898 point-to-point1902 seller1922 shoo-in1928 daily double1930 bumper1946 selling chase1965 tiercé1981 1793 Sporting Mag. Apr. 57/2 The Hon. Mr. O'Hea and Captain Magrath ran a Steeple-chace, near Galloway. 1803 W. Taplin Sporting Dict. II. 486 This kind of chase [sc. Wild-Goose chase]..was long since changed to a train scent, (that is, a drag across the country;) better known by the denomination of a steeple chase. 1818 ‘W. H. Scott’ Brit. Field Sports 433 A late Steeple Chase. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xvii. 148 Tom Cinqbars, who was going to ride the steeple-chase. 1884 A. E. T. Watson in Longman's Mag. Apr. 606 In these days steeples had something to do with steeple-chases. attributive.1839 Sporting Mag. Apr. 472 Men who make a profession of Steeple-chase riding.1839 Sporting Mag. Apr. 473 Ground..called in requisition to form part of the Steeple-chase course.1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 4694 Hunting saddles, steeple-chase saddle.1893 R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour (rev. ed.) x. 54 Caingey..was now hoisted on to the renowned steeple-chase horse again.1897 Badminton Mag. 4 393 I won the regimental steeplechase cup with her last April.figurative.c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 394/2 Expending considerable time in a chemical steeple-chase.1898 16th Cent. Apr. 523 Evidently all that is the result of this steeplechase of colonial aggrandisement. 2. transferred. A foot-race across country or over a course furnished with hurdles, ditches, and other obstacles. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > hurdling or steeplechasing steeplechasing1816 hurdle-race1836 steeplechase1864 hurdle1887 hurdling1897 1864 Jackson's Oxf. Jrnl. 12 Mar. 5/4 Oxford & Cambridge Athletic Sports... Steeple Chase, over about two miles of fair hunting country. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 58/1 [article Athletics] Steeplechasing. For many years past no athletic sports programme has been considered quite complete without a steeplechase. 3. A parlour game played on a board representing a steeplechase course, each player having a metal figure of a horse, the movements of which are regulated by the casting of dice and by the nature of the obstacles supposed to be encountered. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > other board games > [noun] > horseracing game racing game1857 race game1865 steeplechase1892 1892–3 T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Fall–Winter 67/1 Games..errand boy, steeplechase, yacht race [etc.]. 1895 Stores' Price List Race, or Steeplechase Game. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 868/2 Steeplechase. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2021). steeplechasev. Etymology: < steeplechase n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsteeplechase. intransitive. To ride or run in a steeplechase; to practise riding in steeplechases. Also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > race on foot [verb (intransitive)] > types of foot racing steeplechase1883 hurdle1896 marathon1920 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > engage in horse racing [verb (intransitive)] > ride in race > in specific type of race grind1857 steeplechase1883 1883 E. Pennell-Elmhirst Cream Leics. 233 Over fence after fence they steeplechased. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 2 Nov. 3/3 He has steeplechased for twenty-nine years in England, Ireland, and India. 1905 Daily Chron. 16 Feb. 4/5 I..steeplechased over benches and iron bars, until I reached the best position in the Albert Hall. Derivatives ˈsteeplechasing n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > hurdling or steeplechasing steeplechasing1816 hurdle-race1836 steeplechase1864 hurdle1887 hurdling1897 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > types of racing steeple-hunting1772 quarter-racing1779 roading1787 pony racing1809 steeplechasing1816 steeple running1818 steeple racing1840 horse-trotting1857 plating1865 trotting1883 chasing1886 flat-racing1886 harness racing1901 flapping1911 flapper1928 point-to-pointing1952 pointing1976 1816 in A. Coventry & A. E. T. Watson Steeple-chasing in Earl of Suffolk et al. Racing & Steeple-chasing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) (1886) 283 Steeple-chasing. 1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports ii. ii. ii. 379 Steeplechasing... This once fashionable amusement was brought into notice about 25 years ago, avowedly for [etc.]. 1866 R. M. Ballantyne Shifting Winds viii. 74 That is more arduous work than steeple-chasing. 1887 H. Smart Cleverly Won xi. 96 There's a good deal of uncertainty about steeplechasing. 1887 M. Shearman Athletics & Football (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 114 Steeplechasing is quite unknown at athletic meetings at the Universities. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1793v.1816
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