kermesse Cycling.
(kəˈmɛs)
[Fr.: see kermis.]
A circuit race.
| 1963 Times 13 June 3/5 They stopped..to put on a..26-mile, 10-lap kermesse (circuit race). 1965 Times 31 May 4/5 Kermesse is a Continental term which British cycling uses to describe a circuit race. It originates from Belgium and is the Flemish for the carnival which usually includes such a race. 1971 D. Armstrong in N. G. Henderson Cycling Year Bk. xii. 101 Any rider who has ever won some little local kermesse would label it a classic event if he thought anyone would listen to him. |