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Definition of Hurdles
1. Noun. A footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles.
Definition of Hurdles
1. Noun. (plural of hurdle) ¹
2. Verb. (third-person singular of hurdle) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hurdles
1. hurdle [v] - See also: hurdle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hurdles
Literary usage of Hurdles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac (1921)
"11, '11; 3 hurdles, 2 ft. 6 In. high, 16 yds. apart, 16 yards to finish, в 4-6s., F.
Fletcher, ... 6 in hurdles, 10 yds. apart, 10 yds. to first hurdle. ..."
2. Handbook of Athletic Games for Players, Instructors, and Spectators by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft, William Dean Pulvermacher (1916)
"It is a running race in which the contestants jump over hurdles — which are ...
In America these hurdles are made to swing or turn over easily so that they ..."
3. Athletic Training by Michael C. Murphy (1914)
"Most hurdlers will find it to their advantage to practise the hurdles no more
... THK Low hurdles The main difference between training for the high and the ..."
4. American Physical Education Review by American Physical Education Association (1920)
"Clearing the hurdles in 13-foot strides leaves the remaining 47 feet to be covered in
... High hurdles—This event is essentially different from the, low, ..."
5. Manual of Physical Drill: United States Army by Edmund Luther Butts (1900)
"The 220-yard " low hurdle " is run over ten hurdles, two and a half feet high
... After a couple of days of this, take two hurdles, the next day three. ..."
6. The Art of Rearing Silk-worms by Vincenzo Dandolo (1825)
"Cleaning of the hurdles; end of the Preparations for the rising of the Silk-worm.
As soon as the worms are prepared to rise, the hurdles should be cleaned ..."
7. Track Athletics in Detail by Albert] [Lee (1896)
"THE hurdles THERE are two distances for hurdle races which have become ...
The shorter distance is 120 yards, the race being run over ten hurdles, ..."
8. A History of Agriculture and Prices in England: From the Year After the by James Edwin Thorold Rogers, Arthur George Liddon Rogers (1882)
"hurdles. NOTE. hurdles are reckoned by the dozen. In later years they are
principally used for scaffolding. They are sometimes sold by the load. ..."
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