Hurdle /(?)/

Hur·dle

Hurdle

n.
  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.

Phrases & Compounds
Hurdle race
a race in which artificial barriers in the form of hurdles, fences, etc., must be leaped.

Hurdle

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Hurdleed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hurdleing

  1. To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles.