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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BOBSLED; BOBSLEIGH

BOBSLED; BOBSLEIGH Bob "sled `, Bob "sleigh `, n.

 

Defn: A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; also, the compound sled so formed. [U. S.] The long wagon body set on bobsleds. W. D. Howells.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

bobsled

bob sled |ˈbäbˌsled ˈbɑbˌslɛd | ▶noun a mechanically steered and braked sled, typically manned by crews of two or four, used for racing down a steep ice-covered run with banked curves. ▶verb ride on a bobsled. ORIGIN mid 19th cent. (originally denoting a sled made of two short sleds coupled together and used for hauling logs ): from bob 2 in the sense ‘short ’ + sled .

 

bobsledding

bob sled ding |ˈbäbˌslediNG ˈbɑbslɛdɪŋ | ▶noun riding in a bobsled, esp. as a winter sport.

 

Oxford Dictionary

bobsled

bob |sled |ˈbɒbslɛd | ▶noun North American term for bobsleigh. DERIVATIVES bobsledding noun

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

bobsled

b ó b sl è d ｟英 ｠-sl è igh 名詞 1 C ボブスレー ; 二連ぞり (の片方 ).2 U ボブスレー競技 .動詞 自動詞 ボブスレーに乗る .