The meaning of HURDLE is a portable panel usually of wattled withes and stakes used especially for enclosing land or livestock.

The first three hurdles, which already exist in most countries, require the demonstration of efficacy, safety, and quality of the manufacturing process.

HURDLE definition: a portable barrier over which contestants must leap in certain running races, usually a wooden frame with a hinged inner frame that swings down under impact to prevent injury to a …

Today, the dominant step patterns are the 3-step for high hurdles, 7-step for low hurdles, and 15-step for intermediate hurdles. Hurdling is a highly specialized form of obstacle racing, and is part of the sport …

any of a series of framelike barriers over which horses or runners must leap in a special race (the hurdles)

2. a problem or difficulty. There are several hurdles to be got over in this project. obstáculo

Cf. high hurdles, low hurdles. Sport any of various vertical barriers, as a hedge, low wall, or section of fence, over which horses must jump in certain types of turf races, as a steeplechase, but esp. an …

To do this is also to hurdle. There are physical hurdles, and then there are their figurative counterparts — those difficulties or hurdles that prevent you from progressing in your life.

The company faces severe financial hurdles this year. She overcame many hurdles [= obstacles] on her way to earning a college diploma.

It's a verb with two meanings, one of which relates directly to the hurdles of track and field: "to leap over especially while running," as in "hurdling a fence."