track and field

¹

noun

1. a sport performed indoors or outdoors and made up of several events, as running, pole-vaulting, shot-putting, and broad-jumping.

track-and-field

²

[ trak-uhn-feeld ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or participating in the sports of running, pole-vaulting, broad-jumping, etc.:

   a track-and-field athlete.

Word History and Origins

Origin of track and field¹

First recorded in 1930–35