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hurdle

/ˈhɜːdəl/HUR-duhl
/ˈhɝdəl/HUR-duhl

Meaninga wattled frame

Common meaning: a frame

Other meanings: an obstacle

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√KART‘weave, plait’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 61, p. 732 · scan
  2. Old EnglishhyrdelsourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishhurdelsource
  4. Englishhurdle‘a frame’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English hyrdel ‘a wattled frame’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry HURDLE, p. 276 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • hyrdel Old English “a wattled frame”

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