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water jump
noun
- any small body of water that a horse must jump over, as in a steeplechase.
water jump
noun
- a ditch, brook, or pond over which athletes or horses must jump in a steeplechase or similar contest
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Word History and Origins
Origin of water jump1
First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences
The third horse fell at the water-jump, breaking his rider's collar-bone and injuring itself so that it had to be shot.
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The horses were approaching the water jump, and the travellers put down their newspapers and crowded to the window.
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Beyond it lay a tract of smooth, hard sand, near the sea, and then the water jump.
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Most of the fences are high posts-and-rails or "snake" fences, although there is an occasional stone wall, haha, or water-jump.
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You did it at the big water-jump the second time, and I picked it up.
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