steeplechasing

[ stee-puhl-chey-sing ]

noun

1. the sport of riding or running in a steeplechase.

Word History and Origins

Origin of steeplechasing¹

steeplechase + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Largs Regatta in 1892 will long be remembered; it was no flat racing, but real steeplechasing in the Clyde.

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Although not keen on polo he was very fond of steeplechasing.

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It was used for both flat racing and steeplechasing, and the steeplechase course was more than two miles in length.

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Steeplechasing has altered entirely since the first introduction of this essentially British sport.

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Hunting and steeplechasing, leaping fences and ditches, are the highest art of horsemanship.

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