Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sport in which a skier is drawn over ice or snow by a sled dog or a team of dogs, a horse, or a vehicle.
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- verb Present participle of
skijor .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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As you can imagine, there's some pretty incredible crashes. skijoring, which is basically like a dog sled race, but instead of a sled, it's a guy on skis.
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I particularly mourn the lack of sled-dog racing and perhaps still more that there is no skijoring, which is skiing with dogs.
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As you can imagine, there's some pretty incredible crashes. skijoring, which is basically like a dog sled race, but instead of a sled, it's a guy on skis.
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One style of racing is called skijoring, in which racers are pulled on skis behind one - or two-dog teams.
Maine News Updates - Central Maine Newspapers, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel 2009
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A newly popular sport from Scandinavia, "skijoring," can be a great workout for you and your canine.
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I sense a pattern here, dogsledding, new beautiful white husky on the way, skiing... is skijoring next on the list of things to do!
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I sense a pattern here, dogsledding, new beautiful white husky on the way, skiing... is skijoring next on the list of things to do!
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The thought went something like: man, you would have to be a great cross-country skier to go skijoring!
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The basic harness, bungee link and skijoring belt cost about $175.
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Instructors, found through local sled-dog or skijoring clubs, will teach you and your dog techniques and commands, like "Gee" (go right) and "Onby" (keep on moving), which are old mule-training commands.
qms commented on the word skijoring
When the jumper has tired of soaring
And touring on skis becomes boring
He'll harness his nag
For a midwinter drag
And dodge shit for a day of skijoring.
August 25, 2015