A bobsleigh is a team race down an ice track in a steered sled. The four-man bobsleigh, push the bobsleigh, a bobsleigh run.
The push start decides the race: the first fifty metres are where the time is won, which is why so many crews are recruited from sprinters. Americans say bobsled. The Jamaican team of 1988 is the most famous crew that never won anything.
1nounbobsleighA team race down an ice track in a steered sled.
“The bobsleigh team pushed hard at the start and then jumped in one by one.”
bobsleigh is a sport.
Also accepted in games: bobsled
From bob, the short runners it rides on, plus sleigh. The bob is what distinguishes it from a long-runnered sleigh.
From bob, the short runners on which the bobsleigh is based (as opposed to a usual sleigh on long runners continuing all the way along the vehicle); further etymology unclear. Attested since 1839 as bob-sled, long before the invention of the sport.
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