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

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

Derived forms: bobsleighed, bobsleighing, bobsleighs

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

Encyclopedia: Bobsleigh