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Answer for the clue "Winter Olympic discipline ", 9 letters:
bobsleigh

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Word definitions for bobsleigh in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of two or four teammates make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled . The timed runs are combined to calculate the final score. The various types of sleds came ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. formerly two short sleds coupled together [syn: bobsled ] a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism [syn: bobsled , bob ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bobsled \Bob"sled`\, Bobsleigh \Bob"sleigh`\, n. A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; also, the compound sled so formed. [U. S.] The long wagon body set on bobsleds. --W. D. Howells. a long racing sled (for 2 or more ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context UK English) A winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled. 2 (context UK English) The sled used in the sport of bobsleigh vb. To ride a bobsleigh.

Usage examples of bobsleigh.

Sliding down hill on a bobsleigh, he invariably tooted and whistled like an engine, and trudging uphill he puffed and imitated a heavy freight climbing up grade.

Buckhorn, in the bobsleigh, all wrapped up in old buffalo-robes and blankets and tarpaulins.

He pointed up to the lights on the Schatzalp, and casually mentioned that they had to bring down their corpses by bobsleigh in the winter.

Handmade shoes, a beautiful dental plate, a pocket full of Corona-Coronas and a gold lighter to touch them off with, the ruddy complexion of a man who eats and drinks well and reestablishes the balance with months spent bobsleighing at St.