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плете́нь — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hurdle noun A barrier that a runner or horse must jump over during a race.

Senses

плете́нь is used for these senses in English:

  • hurdle A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
  • wattle A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.

hurdle — full definition

  1. noun A barrier that a runner or horse must jump over during a race.
  2. noun An obstacle or difficulty that must be overcome.
  3. verb To jump over something while running, or to overcome a difficulty.

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