How to pronounce steeplechase
American English pronunciation
STEE-pul-chays
- IPA
- /ˈstipəlˌtʃeɪs/
- Syllables
- STEE · pul · chays (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What steeplechase means
A race over fences, hedges and water jumps
In a sentence: The horses leaped a tall hedge halfway through the steeplechase.
Where it comes from: It comes from horse races in 18th-century Ireland, when riders found their way across the countryside by heading for a tall steeple they could see far away.
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