Bobsled \Bob"sled`\, Bobsleigh \Bob"sleigh`\, n. 1. A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; also, the compound sled so formed. [U. S.]
The long wagon body set on bobsleds. --W. D. Howells.
2. a long racing sled (for 2 or more people), having two pairs of runners, with the front pair connected to a steering mechanism. They are usually raced one at a time down a steeply sloping path or specially constructed chute, with sharp banked curves, and attain high speeds.
Syn: bobsled. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Mr. Fitch, a former commercial attache to the U.S. Embassy in Jamaica, admits to having hatched the idea for the Jamaican bobsled team over drinks in a bar but says, "It made a certain perverse sense."
And that's just the bobsled section, for heaven's sake.
The bobsled coach reportedly refused to board a bus taking the 22-member Romanian team to Calgary airport Monday night and sought refugee status.
Meanwhile, Janis Kipurs of Latvia, the defending Olympic champion in the two-man bobsled, and 1988 silver medalist Wolfgang Hoppe of Germany will not compete in this weekend's race, their teams said.
As an extra added attraction, Herschel Walker will push a bobsled, and there'll be almost-nightly figure skating on TV. Get a hanky ready to weep with the winners in that one.
It's an uphill climb, they concede, but members of the Mexican Olympic bobsled team say they still expect someday to become real competitors in the winter sport.
The most astonishing thing about a bobsled is that it never stops accelerating.
The Jamaican bobsled team brought this to world attention four years ago at Calgary.