meaning of hurdle
1. A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc. ; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
2. In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution.
3. An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race.
4. To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles.
5. the act of jumping over an obstacle
Related Words
hurdle | hurdle race | hurdleed | hurdleing | hurdler | hurdles | hurdlework |
