bobsleigh
noun /ˈbɒbsleɪ/
/ˈbɑːbsleɪ/
(British English) (North American English bobsled
/ˈbɒbsled/
/ˈbɑːbsled/
)(also bob)
- a racing sledge (= a vehicle for two or more people that slides over snow)Topics Sports: other sportsc2
enlarge imageWord Originmid 19th cent. (originally US, denoting a sleigh made of two short sleighs coupled together and used for hauling logs): from bob in the sense ‘short’ + sleigh.
