sledge 
(slĕj)
(slĕj)n.
A vehicle mounted on runners drawn by work animals, such as horses or dogs, and used for transporting loads across ice, snow, and rough ground.
tr. & intr.v. sledged, sledg·ing, sledg·es
To convey or travel on a sledge.
[Dutch dialectal sleedse, perhaps diminutive of Dutch slede, sled, from Middle Dutch sledde.]