bobsleigh
[
bob
-sley]
/ˈbɒbˌsleɪ/
noun, verb (used without object)
,
Chiefly British
1.
bobsled
.
British Dictionary definitions for
bobsleigh
bobsleigh
/
ˈbɒbˌsleɪ
/
noun
1.
a racing sledge for two or more people, with a steering mechanism enabling the driver to direct it down a steeply banked ice-covered run
2.
(
esp formerly
)
a sleigh made of two short sledges joined one behind the other
one of these two short sledges
verb
3.
(
intransitive
) to ride on a bobsleigh
Also called (esp US and Canadian)
bobsled
(
ˈbɒbˌslɛd
)
Word Origin
C19:
bob
² +
sleigh