Associations to the word «Steeplechasing»

Wiktionary

STEEPLECHASE, noun. (chiefly British) A horse race, either across open country, or over an obstacle course
STEEPLECHASE, noun. An athletics event in which the runners have to run 3000 metres round a track, jumping hurdles and a water obstacle along the way

Dictionary definition

STEEPLECHASE, noun. A footrace of usually 3000 meters over a closed track with hurdles and a water jump.
STEEPLECHASE, noun. A horse race over an obstructed course.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats