Definition of "hurdling" []

• A track and field running event where the runners have to jump over a number of hurdles. (noun)
• Hurdles collectively; frames of twigs, etc. for enclosing land (noun)
• Present participle of hurdle. (verb)

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• "The IOC delegation, headed by Moroccan Nawal El Moutawakel, a Casablanca native who won an Olympic gold medal in hurdling in 1984, will ride horse-drawn carriages Wednesday to billionaire mayor Michael Bloomberg's swank Upper East Side apartment for drinks and dinner — and possibly hobnob with Donald Trump."
• "• Gelding remains third favourite for hurdling crown"
• "Oh, when he ran with me up the long-grass slopes, and down the long-grass slopes, it was like hurdling in a dream, for he cleared the grass at every bound, leaping like a deer, a rabbit, or a fox-terrier — you know how they do."