cinder track

American  

noun

1. a track covered with small cinders, for use in running races.

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cinder track British  

noun

1. a racetrack covered with fine cinders

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Etymology

Origin of cinder track

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

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cinder track

My friends and I were among the kids who occasionally did just that, and who, for fun, raced each other on that cinder track.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

And the last to be run on a cinder track; a bridge between older Olympics and the modern.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2021

With Chris Brasher setting the pace on the cinder track, they ran a first lap in 57.5 seconds, then 60.7 - 1:58.2 for the half mile.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 4, 2018

She sprinted in spiked shoes on a frozen pond when snow covered the cinder track in winter.

From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2017

Holbeche, in the capacity of guide, and forty men, he crept down the cinder track which led from the road to the trenches in question.

From The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres by Ernest W. Hamilton