sledge
noun /sledʒ/
/sledʒ/
(British English) (also sled especially in North American English)
- a vehicle for travelling over snow and ice, with long narrow pieces of wood or metal instead of wheels. Larger sledges are pulled by horses or dogs and smaller ones are used for going down hills as a sport or for pleasure.
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- a dog sledge
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dog
- drag
- pull
- drive
- …
- on a sledge
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a noun): from Middle Dutch sleedse; related to sled. The verb dates from the early 18th cent.