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I was watching a movie a few days ago, the movie was a military themed movie.
There was a scene in the movie, where a group of recruits were doing training excercise.
The training framework/panel/structure was complicated and elaborate. It consist of crawling activity, swinging, climbing etc.
I have seen such structures in other skill based contests tv shows, where contestants are supposed to perform the above mentioned activities.
What word would describe such elaborate strucutre--maze?
The term that you are looking for is "assault course". Here is the definition from the Cambridge DIctionary:
an area of land on which soldiers have to run between and climb over or cross various objects, designed to test their strength and physical condition
There is also a more general term "obstacle course" which the Cambridge Dictionary defines as:
a race in which runners have to climb over, under, or through a series of obstacles
As you can see, this term is not specifically about military training: It could be used about an event at a children's party, or about a fun activity for adults at an informal sporting event, and I have also seen it used about something created for squirrels.
