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Noun: bobsleigh  'bób,sley
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: bobsled)
  1. [Brit] A long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism
    - bobsled [N. Amer], bob
     
  2. A winter sport in which teams of two or four people make timed runs down narrow, twisting and banked iced tracks in a sled
    - bobsled [N. Amer]
     
  3. [Brit] Formerly two short sleds coupled together
    - bobsled [N. Amer]
Verb: bobsleigh  'bób,sley
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: bobsled)
  1. (sport) ride a bobsleigh
    "The boys bobsleighed down the hill screaming with pleasure";
    - bobsled [N. Amer], bob

Derived forms: bobsleighed, bobsleighs, bobsleighing

Type of: sled [N. Amer], sledge, sleigh

Encyclopedia: Bobsleigh