Thesaurus: hurdle

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1. n. 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. n. In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution.
3. n. An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race.
4. v. t. To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles.
5. n. a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races
6. n. an obstacle that you are expected to overcome
7. n. the act of jumping over an obstacle
8. v. jump a hurdle
9. 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. Bacon. 3. An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race. Hurdle race, a race in which artificial barriers in the form of hurdles, fences, etc., must be leaped. To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles. Milton.
10. To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles. Milton.
11. v:5/n:95 n. a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races n. an obstacle that you are expected to overcome v. jump a hurdle