o·ri·en·teer·ing  (ôr'ē-ěn-tîr'ĭng, -ən-, ōr'-)  n. Sports A cross-country race in which competitors use a map and compass to find their way through unfamiliar territory. [Alteration of Swedish orientering, from orientera, to orient, from French orienter, from orient, east; see orient.] or'i·en·teer' n. |