parcourse

parcourse
/pahr"kawrs', -kohrs'/, n.
an outdoor exercise track or course, esp. for joggers, equipped with a series of stations along the way where one is to stop and perform a specific exercise.
[partial trans. of F parcours course, route, circuit, OF: calque on ML, LL percursus, n. deriv. of percurrere (see PER-, COURSE); E sense reflects F parcours du combattant military obstacle course, or a like phrase]

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