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

No human in history achieved the feat until May 6, 1954, when Roger Bannister, a British medical student, ran the distance in 3:59.4 on a cinder track in Oxford, England.

From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2022

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

He spoke of the new cinder track and the lengthening of the two-twenty yard straight-away, and ended with a hope that we would all get together and do Yale credit in the intercollegiates.

From The Whirligig of Time by Wayland Wells Williams