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komatik|ˈkɒmətɪk|
Also kamotik, kamootik, etc.
[Eskimo.]
A dog-sledge used by the people of Labrador. Also as v. intr., to travel on a komatik.
1824W. E. Parry Jrnl. Second Voy. 567/1 Sledge, a, ka-moo-tik . 1853Trans. Lit. & Hist. Soc. Quebec IV. 337 They..are so hardy that six or eight of them tackled to a heavily laden sledge or ‘commettek’ will travel as much as twenty leagues in a day. 1905N. Duncan Dr. Grenfell's Parish xi. 133 The sick and starving are sought out by dog-team and komatik. 1919W. T. Grenfell Labrador Doctor (1920) xi. 199 Sails can sometimes be used with advantage on the komatik as an adjunct. 1921Beaver Jan. 16/1 We had the ordinary length of sled or ‘komatik’, which is about twelve feet long and weighs about a hundred pounds. We carried a load of about six hundred pounds, which..is considered light. 1934G. M. Sutton Eskimo Year xxxvi. 233 Jack and I decided we would komatik to the head of the bay to set traps and locate some fox-dens. 1936Discovery Sept. 274/2 An Eskimo komatik (sledge) complete with driver and several dogs neatly harnessed. 1940R. Finnie Lure of North 117 In the dead of winter, however, the native komatik reigns supreme, gliding easily where a basket sled would drag. 1965Globe & Mail (Toronto) 6 Jan. 1/3 The dog sled, or komatik, has replaced the bicycle for northern Cubs. 1973C. Bonington Next Horizon xvii. 235 The komatic or sledge... Now I was sitting on the back of a komatic, near the head of Cumberland Sound in Baffin Island. |