[ˈbɒbsleɪ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a mechanically steered and braked sled, typically manned by crews of two or four, used for racing down a steep ice-covered run with banked curves


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century (originally US, denoting a sleigh made of two short sleighs coupled together and used for hauling logs): probably from bob (with allusion to the bobbing motion of the sled) + sleigh

[ˈbɒbsleɪ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- race down a steep ice-covered run in a bobsleigh
(e.g: he bobsleighed for Monaco in five winter Olympics)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century (originally US, denoting a sleigh made of two short sleighs coupled together and used for hauling logs): probably from bob (with allusion to the bobbing motion of the sled) + sleigh