sled
/slɛd
/chiefly North American
noun
another term for sledge1.They hadn't been able to get their hands on sleds, but a sleigh ride was always fun on a snowy evening....
- The day of the party promises mittens and hats, mufflers and ski pants, toboggans and sleds.
- We trudged through the snow for a good half hour to make it to the hardware store where we examined all the sleds and finally settled on a long bright orange plastic toboggan.
verb (sleds, sledding, sledded) [no object] (usually go sledding)
Ride on a sledge: I know my kids would love to have one last snowstorm to build a snowman and go sledding they sledded down the slopes in the frozen snow
Origin
Middle English: from Middle Low German sledde; related to the verb slide.