Indian relay

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.

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Meanings

nounIndian relay (countable and uncountable, plural Indian relays)

plural Indian relays

  1. uncountableA 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.
  2. countableA race of that sport.

Origin

From Indian (“Amerindian”) + relay (“relay race”).

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APA

Indian relay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indian%20relay

MLA

“Indian relay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indian%20relay. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Indian relay,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indian%20relay.

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