Catchweight
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Catchweight is an adverb meaning (horse racing) Without any weight restrictions; without being handicapped.
Meaning
(horse racing) Without any weight restrictions; without being handicapped.
More Meanings
- (sports) Without any weight restrictions; having no handicap.
- Having no standard weight, but rather having weight determined when packaged for sale or shipping.
- The weight of an item that is not set to a standard, but which varies around an approximate value.
- The weight of all the fish caught.
- (sports) A weight category other than the standard weight categories: either an agreed-upon weight range or an agreement to allow any weight.
Example Sentences
to ride catchweight
It is regular practice to furnish wire in catchweight coils.
They'll break from the gate in full tack with jockeys riding catchweight in silks.
At the time he took the pub on, Peter, aged twenty-five, was a catchweight wrestler.
Word Forms
- catchweights
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include weightlessly, level-handed, bare-backed, challengeless, no strings attached, tracklessly.
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