Definizione monolingua

hurdle

hurdle (third-person singular simple present hurdles, present participle hurdling, simple past and past participle hurdled)

1. To jump over something while running.

   He hurdled the bench in his rush to get away.

2. To compete in the track and field events of hurdles (e.g. high hurdles).
3. To overcome an obstacle.
4. To hedge, cover, make, or enclose with hurdles.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)

hurdle (plural hurdles)

1. An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses jump in a race.
2. A perceived obstacle.
3. 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.
   • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 414.

     The practice of folding sheep was general, and the purchase of hurdles was a regular charge in the shepherds account.

4. (UK, obsolete) A sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

Definizione dizionario hurdle

ostacolo

barriera

correre ad ostacoli

graticcio

Altri significati:

A perceived obstacle.

An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses jump in a race.

To overcome an obstacle.

movable frame of wattled twigs

perceived obstacle

To jump over something while running.

To compete in the track and field events of hurdles (e.g. high hurdles).

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.

In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution. —Francis Bacon.

artificial barrier over which men or horses jump in a race