The Collaborative International Dictionary
Torch race
Torch race \Torch race\ A race by men carrying torches, as in ancient Greece.
WordNet
torch race
n. (ancient Greece) in which a torch is passed from one runner to the next
Usage examples of "torch race".
The Quinalt countenanced it, but deplored its license, slowed the music, discouraged the torch race around the bonfire and did not at all approve the offering of straw men.