sled

a dog sled

Meanings

Noun

  • A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills.
  • A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice.
  • A snowmobile.

Verb

Origin

  • From Middle English sledde, from Middle Dutch sledde or Middle Low German sledde (compare Dutch slee, slede, Low German Sleden), from Proto-Germanic *slidô (compare Saterland Frisian sliede, German Schlitten, Norwegian slede). Related to slide.

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