Orienteering Definition

ôrē-ĕn-tîrĭng, -ən-
noun
A timed cross-country competition in which runners follow a course, using compass and map.
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Origin of Orienteering

  • Alteration of Swedish orientering from orientera to orient from French orienter from orient east orient

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Swedish orientering.

    From Wiktionary

Orienteering Sentence Examples

  • Having its origins in the 1890s, ski orienteering is a sport with long traditions.

  • On site activities include canoeing, sailing, climbing, horse riding, swimming, abseiling, orienteering, archery and many more.

  • The site also provides plenty of scope for riding, running, biking, canoeing, orienteering, angling and clay-pigeon shooting.

  • The children went skiing, rock climbing, orienteering, walking in the muddy forest.

  • You can try orienteering in Checkpoint post 6 Hainault Forest Country Park where there is a permanent course set-up.

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