cinder track

noun

1. a track covered with small cinders, for use in running races.

cinder track

noun

1. a racetrack covered with fine cinders

Word History and Origins

Origin of cinder track¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

With a shout the crowd followed him at a jog-trot past the Music House, past the Cottage out on to the cinder track.

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Holly walked over to the cinder track, where Shambler was about to finish his mile run.

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For the first few yards the assistant engineer ran almost as well as though on a cinder track.

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Still I kept up very well, and my early sprinting on the cinder track came to my aid.

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For the use of a section of the cinder track to serve as tennis courts the German authorities demanded and received £50!

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