o·ri·en·teer·ing (ôr  - n-tîr  ng, - n-,  r-)n. Sports A cross-country race in which competitors use a map and compass to find their way through unfamiliar territory. [Alteration of Swedish orientering, from orientera, to orient, from French orienter, from orient, east; see orient.] or i·en·teer n. |
orienteering [ˌɔːrɪɛnˈtɪərɪŋ]
n
(Individual Sports, other than specified) a sport in which contestants race on foot over a course consisting of checkpoints found with the aid of a map and a compass
[from Swedish orientering; compare orient]
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