sledge
3
2.7
- noun
- /slɛdʒ/
- UK
:
trineo
- During winter, we enjoy taking the sledge out to the park for some fun.
- pull a sledge
- haul a sledge
- load onto a sledge
Scott, on the other hand, chose dogs, ponies, motor sledges, and skis.
- Scott, on the other hand, chose dogs, ponies, motor sledges, and skis.
- Few of the days you do just get like some skis or a sledge for the characters to go on.
Examples
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Toiling up the rise was a group of sturdy young people, their faces bright in the rain, hauling sledges behind them.
Fiction book (2001) -
The children laughed as they raced down the hill on their sledge.
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Shall I take the sledge, Roy?
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Down the hill, my sledge stopped sliding.
Fiction book (1994) -
We had a very long, homemade, Norwegian-style sledge.
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Elm had a one-horse sledge.
Fiction book (1997) -
They loaded the stone on the sledge and hauled it down to the circle.
Fiction book (1994) -
Mother warns: if you enjoy sliding downhill on a sledge, you must haul it up again.
Fiction book (1994) -
He used the sledge to carry firewood across the snowy landscape.
Synonyms
98
3.0
A low open vehicle on runners pulled by horses or dogs over snow
96
1.1
A low vehicle with runners that moves over snow, often pulled by dogs
4
3.1
Dogs pull a sled that carries people or supplies over snow
3
3.5
A sled pulled by dogs to travel over snow
A sled pulled by dogs for travel over snow
A sled with long runners that dogs pull to travel on snow and ice
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Etymology
Sledge for a snow vehicle is the same idea as the common word sled, from an old word meaning 'to slide'. So a sledge is a vehicle that 'slides' over snow, often pulled by animals.