1. A long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism
   "The bobsled team practiced their starts on a dry track";
   - bobsleigh [Brit], 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
   "The Olympic bobsled team practiced their starts relentlessly";
   - bobsleigh [Brit]
    
3. Formerly two short sleds coupled together
   "The vintage bobsled in the museum showed how the sport had evolved";
   - bobsleigh [Brit]

1. (sport) ride a bobsled
   "The boys bobsledded down the hill screaming with pleasure";
   - bob, bobsleigh [Brit]

Derived forms: bobsledding, bobsledded, bobsleds

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

Encyclopedia: Bobsled