# bobsleigh

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #44,089

## Definitions
1. A sleigh for saw logs or heavy timber resting on two pairs of two short runners.
2. A winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled.
3. The sled used in the sport of bobsleigh.

## Etymology
From bobs, the short runners on which the bobsleigh is based (as opposed to a usual sleigh on long runners continuing all the way along the vehicle); further etymology unclear. Attested since 1839 as bob-sled, long before the invention of the sport.

## Common misspellings (14)
`bbobsleigh`, `bbosleigh`, `bobbsleigh`, `boblseigh`, `bobseligh`, `bobslegih`, `bobsleiggh`, `bobsleighh`, `bobsleihg`, `bobsliegh`, `bobslleigh`, `bobssleigh`, `bosbleigh`, `obbsleigh`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bobsleigh