hurdling

plural hurdlings

1. countableuncountableathleticsA track and field running event where the runners have to jump over a number of hurdles.
2. countableuncountablehurdles collectively; frames of twigs, etc. for enclosing land

   It is not unusual to find the little school of a Jamaican village nothing more than a hut of wattled hurdlings, covered on the sides with mud or clay, rooted with palm leaves or grass.

   1993, Bob Rees, Marika Sherwood, Black Peoples of the Americas, page 51

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of hurdle