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noun
A sport developed by the Prairie Amerinds / Great Plains Indians, where competitors race thrice around a horsetrack bareback on horses, where the racer must jump off one horse and onto another at the end of each lap.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
A race of that sport.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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History
From Indian (“Amerindian”) + relay (“relay race”).
