01 n. A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle…
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A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
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In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution.
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3.
An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race.
Phrases & compounds
Hurdle race —
a race in which artificial barriers in the form of hurdles, fences, etc., must be leaped.