crescent spanner vs hurdle

crescent spanner

noun
  • An adjustable hand tool for tightening and loosening nuts and bolts. 

hurdle

noun
  • A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes. 

  • An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race. 

  • An obstacle, real or perceived, physical or abstract. 

verb
  • To compete in the track and field events of hurdles (e.g. high hurdles). 

  • To overcome an obstacle. 

  • To jump over something while running. 

  • To hedge, cover, make, or enclose with hurdles. 

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