skijoring
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- noun A sport in which a skier is drawn over ice or snow by a horse or vehicle.
Examples
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I particularly mourn the lack of sled-dog racing and perhaps still more that there is no skijoring, which is skiing with dogs.
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As you can imagine, there's some pretty incredible crashes. skijoring, which is basically like a dog sled race, but instead of a sled, it's a guy on skis.
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One style of racing is called skijoring, in which racers are pulled on skis behind one - or two-dog teams.
Maine News Updates - Central Maine Newspapers, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel
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A newly popular sport from Scandinavia, "skijoring," can be a great workout for you and your canine.
Note
The word 'skijoring' comes from Norwegian 'skikjøring', from 'ski' + 'kjøring', "driving".
