Bobsled vs. Bobsleigh — What's the Difference?

A long metal racing sled with a steering mechanism that controls the front runners and a hand brake, usually raced down a curving ice-covered course by crews of two or four riders.

Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, also known as FIBT from the French Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing.

A long sled made of two shorter sleds joined in tandem.

(obsolete) A sleigh for saw logs or heavy timber resting on two pairs of two short runners.

Either of these two smaller sleds.

A winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled.

To ride or race in a bobsled.

(UK) The sled used in the sport of bobsleigh.

A sled used to go down a bob track.

To ride a bobsleigh.

The sport of travelling down a bob track as fast as possible.

Formerly two short sleds coupled together

A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; the compound sled so formed.

A long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism

To ride a bobsled.

A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; also, the compound sled so formed.

A long racing sled (for 2 or more people), having two pairs of runners, with the front pair connected to a steering mechanism. They are usually raced one at a time down a steeply sloping path or specially constructed chute, with sharp banked curves, and attain high speeds.

Formerly two short sleds coupled together

A long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism

Ride a bobsled;