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Webster 1913 Edition
Hurdle
Hur′dle
,Noun.
1.
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.
2.
In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution.
Bacon.
3.
An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race.
Hurdle race
, a race in which artificial barriers in the form of hurdles, fences, etc., must be leaped.
Hur′dle
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hurdleed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hurdleing
.] To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles.
Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hurdle
HUR'DLE
,Noun.
1.
A texture of twigs, osiers or sticks; a crate of various forms, according to its destination. The English give this name to a sled or crate on which criminals are drawn to the place of execution. In this sense, it is not used in America.2.
In fortification, a collection of twigs or sticks interwoven closely and sustained by long stakes. It is made in the figure of a long square, five or six feet by three and a half. Hurdles serve to render works firm, or to cover traverses and lodgments for the defense of workmen against fire-works or stones.3.
In husbandry, a frame of split timber or sticks wattled together, serving for gates, inclosures, &c.