steeplechaser

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stee·ple·chase (st

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1. Sports

a. A horserace across open country or over an obstacle course.

b. A footrace of usually 3,000 meters over a closed track with four hurdles and a water obstacle.

2. A course of action containing many obstacles.

[From the use of church steeples as landmarks.]

steeple·chaser n.

steeplechaser [ˈstiːp^əlˌtʃeɪsə]

(Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Racing) (Individual Sports & Recreations / Athletics (Track & Field)) a horse or an athlete that takes part in steeplechases

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Noun

steeplechaser - a horse trained to run in steeplechases

Equus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

racer - an animal that races

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