cross-country jumping
- noun
:
salto de obstáculos
- The course for cross-country jumping included water jumps and fallen logs.
Examples
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She won first place in cross-country jumping at the national equestrian championships.
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Many riders train for years to master the skills required for cross-country jumping.
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She excels at cross-country jumping.
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Are you interested in cross-country jumping?
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Many riders train for years to master the skills required for cross-country jumping in competitions.
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She won first place in cross-country jumping at the national equestrian championships, showcasing her talent.
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The course for cross-country jumping features various solid obstacles, including water jumps and fallen logs.
Synonyms
Going on a horse across fields and rough land while jumping natural obstacles
How Demanding
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is transparently built from 'cross-country' (across rural terrain) + 'jumping' (the action/sport of jumping), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to jumping performed over country terrain—i.e., a sport/event involving jumps across natural ground. This follows regular English compounding and is cross-linguistically plausible, so a B1 learner would grasp the general meaning even if they might not know all formal competitive specifics.
Etymology
Cross-country jumping comes from riders going cross-country—literally riding 'across the country' over fields, woods and streams—and making the horse jumping over solid, natural obstacles like logs or water. So the name explains the sport: riding across open land and jumping, not riding inside an arena.