Definition of Gymkhana

1. Noun. A meet at which riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes.

Generic synonyms: Meet, Sports Meeting

Definition of Gymkhana

1. Noun. A competition where riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gymkhana

1. an athletic meet [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gymkhana

gym mat
gym muscles
gym rat
gym rats
gym scooter
gym scooters
gym shoe
gym shoes
gym shorts
gym suit
gymanstic exercise
gymbal
gymbals
gymgoer
gymgoers
gymkhana (current term)
gymkhanas
gymless
gymlike
gymmal
gymmals
gymnarthrid
gymnarthrids
gymnasia
gymnasial
gymnasiarch
gymnasiarchs
gymnasic
gymnasium
gymnasiums

Literary usage of Gymkhana

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes edited by Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1897)
"A BICYCLE gymkhana BY SUSAN, COUNTESS OF MALMESBURY IN our part of the ... It was therefore decided to hold a gymkhana, and devote the proceeds to the above ..."

2. Riding and Driving for Women by Belle Beach (1912)
"CHAPTER XIX gymkhana GAMES AND SUGGESTIONS FOR PRIVATE SHOWS ... Horses to count 40 per cent Riding 40 per cent Appointments 20 per cent gymkhana ..."

3. An Englishwoman in the Philippines by Campbell Dauncey (1906)
"Some of the young Englishmen got up a gymkhana on the last time, when he was lucky enough to win two races out of three, and only missed the third by a ..."

4. Four Months Besieged: The Story of Ladysmith by Henry H. S. Pearse (1900)
"... hit—General Hunter's bravado—'' Long Tom " knocked out—A gymkhana under fire—Faith, Hope, and Charity—Flash signals from the south—A new Creusot gun. ..."

5. Oriental campaigns and European furloughs: the autobiography of a veteran of by Edwin Maude (1908)
"... Mr. SM Fraser, ICS, CIE, now holds the important appointment of Resident and Political Agent of Mysore—The " gymkhana" the great rendezvous and reading ..."

6. And that Reminds Me, Being Incidents of a Life Spent at Sea, and in the by Stanley William Coxon (1915)
"... The Race Meeting at Jubbulpore—I score four wins out of six events— The Marble Rocks and the bees—Sir John Hewett's gymkhana— I take part in the cockade ..."

7. The Selangor Journal: Jottings Past and Present (1894)
"SELANGOR gymkhana CLUB. Г REALLY did hope that when the Autumn Race Meeting was ... The Sungei Ujong gymkhana Club have prepared a tempting programme for a ..."

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