Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A race-course.
- noun A machine like a crane, formerly used by builders for raising and lowering heavy weights.
- noun A fish that goes down to the sea to spawn.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A race course.
- noun (Mach.) A machine for raising or lowering heavy weights.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
racecourse . - noun engineering A
machine for raising or lowering heavyweights .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek κατάδρομος (katadromos) from κατά (kata, "down") + δρόμος (dromos, "course, running").
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