1) Barrier 2) Blockade 3) Bound 4) Difficulty 5) Jump 6) Obstacle 7) Obstruction 8) Problem
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1) Barrier 2) Exclusively Saxon word 3) Exclusively Anglo word 4) Jump 5) Jump a hurdle 6) Leap 7) Leap over an obstacle 8) Obstacle 9) Obstacle course impediment 10) Obstacle or difficulty 11) Obstacle, sometimes 12) Running track obstacle 13) Steeplechase feature 14) Track meet obstacle 15) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins
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A hurdle (UK English, limited US English) is a moveable section of light fence. In the United States, terms such as `panel`, `pipe panel` or simply `fence section` are used to describe moveable sections of fencing intended for agricultural use and crowd control; `hurdle` refers primarily to fences used as jumping obstacles for steeplechasi...
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woven panel of wattle, used as temporary fencing (E, 140); usually of willow cut in winter and woven in summer (Je, 80) see dole, flake
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• (v. t.) To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles. • (n.) An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race. • (n.) In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution. • (n.) A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or som...
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(from the article `hurdling`) A major improvement in hurdle design was the invention in 1935 of the L-shaped hurdle, replacing the heavier, inverted-T design. In the L-shaped ...
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woven panel of wattle, used as temporary fencing (E, 140); usually of willow cut in winter and woven in summer (Je, 80) see dole, flake
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Hur'dle noun [ Middle English
hurdel ,
hirdel , Anglo-Saxon
hyrdel ; akin to Dutch
horde , Old High German
hurt , German
hürde a hurdle, fold, pen, Icelandic
hur... door, Goth.
haúrds , Latin
cratis wickerwork, hurdle, Greek ..., Sans...
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Hur'dle transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Hurdleed ;
present participle & verbal noun Hurdleing .] To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles.
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[
n] - an obstacle that you are expected to overcome 2. [n] - a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races 3. [v] - jump a hurdle
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hurdle (HUR dl) 1. A barrier, an obstacle; (in steeplechase racing) a fence, a hedge, a wall: The racer cleared the last hurdle and dashed toward the finish line. 2. An obstacle, a barrier, a difficulty, a hindrance, an impediment, an obstruction, a stumbling block, a snag, an interference: The final exam is the student's last hurdle before...
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A small portable gate made of wattle but nowadays of aluminium or steel. Commonly used to make temporay sheep pens in buildings or outlying fields.
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noun a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races
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a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races
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