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Gruzovik, obs. relay race (= эстафета) ; mail carried by relays of riders (= эстафета) ; baton used in a relay race (= эстафета)
эстафета n This HTML5 player is not supported by your browser
gen. relay race ; relay ; batoon ; mantle (the mantle of somebody/something (literary) the role and responsibilities of an important person or job, especially when they are passed on from one person to another: The vice-president must now take on the mantle of supreme power. She will soon inherit her father’s mantle. OALD Alexander Demidov ; estafette ; baton (used in a relay race) athlet. relay baton ; relay race (эстафетный бег) cyc.sport madison (a bicycle race, usually lasting several days, in which one member of each team rides in each section OALD Serginho84 fig. the passing of the torch (A.Rezvov Gruzovik, obs. mail carried by relays of riders IT token ; baton (в сетях передачи сообщений) O&G, casp. hand-off (Yeldar Azanbayev obs. mail (carried by relays of riders) ; estafet skiing relay competition slang gang-bang (VLZ_58 sport. swimming relay (плавание Sukhopleschenko tech. express delivery Russian thesaurus obs. эстафета gen. 1) устар. срочное сообщение, передаваемое сменяющими друг друга нарочными, преимущественно конными2) Соревнования спортивных команд в беге, плавании и др. - прохождение определенных этапов спортсменами, сменяющими друг друга и передающими
часто условно друг другу какой-либо предмет, также называется эстафетой. Большой Энциклопедический словарь
