Definition for HIP'PO-DROME

HIP'PO-DROME, n. [Gr. ιπποδρομος; ιππος, a horse, and δρομος, a course, from δρεμω, to run.]

Anciently, a circus, or place in which horse-races and chariot-races were performed, and horses exercised. Encyc.

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