hurdle
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hurdle englanniksi
An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.
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(senseid) An obstacle, real or perceived, physical or abstract.
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A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
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A sled or crate on which criminals were drawn to the place of execution.
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(RQ:Macaulay History of England)
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- Behind flock'd wrangling up a piteous crew, / Greeted of none, disfeatur'd and forlorn— / Cowards, who were in sloughs interr'd alive: / And round them still the wattled hurdles hung / Wherewith they stamp'd them down, and trod them deep, / To hide their shameful memory from men.
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To compete in the and field events of hurdles (e.g. high hurdles).
To overcome an obstacle.
To hedge, cover, make, or enclose with hurdles.
(RQ:Milton Paradise Lost)
To jump over another piece without capturing it.
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