steeplechase

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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

Compound of steeple + chase, from horse races in 18th century Ireland in which orientation of the course was by reference to a church steeple.

He was riding, in imagination, some desperate steeplechase at that moment. — The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens
"Here's a snapshot of Mrs. Tom Corliss at the Meadowbrook Steeplechase. — What Will People Say? A Novel, Rupert Hughes
“A long engagement exhausts them, but they are capital at a steeplechase. — The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde

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