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water jump

noun

  1. any small body of water that a horse must jump over, as in a steeplechase.


water jump

noun

  1. a ditch, brook, or pond over which athletes or horses must jump in a steeplechase or similar contest


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Word History and Origins

Origin of water jump1

First recorded in 1870–75

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Example Sentences

The third horse fell at the water-jump, breaking his rider's collar-bone and injuring itself so that it had to be shot.

The horses were approaching the water jump, and the travellers put down their newspapers and crowded to the window.

Beyond it lay a tract of smooth, hard sand, near the sea, and then the water jump.

Most of the fences are high posts-and-rails or "snake" fences, although there is an occasional stone wall, haha, or water-jump.

You did it at the big water-jump the second time, and I picked it up.

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