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noun

Sled n.

A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice; in England called sledge.

A small, light vehicle with runners, used, mostly by young persons, for sliding on snow or ice.

verb

Sled v. t. (past & past part. sledded; pres. part. sledding) To convey or transport on a sled; as, to sled wood or timber.

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Etymology of 'Sled'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sled" Quotes from Famous Books

... me you have a pretty good time as it is," remarked Dan: "new skates and sled, and five dollars pocket money. There wasn't a fellow at the school of your age ...

— Killykinick • Mary T. Waggaman

... come! The school-boy shouting, Joyfully brings out his sled; He has seen me, nothing doubting, As ...

— Cousin Hatty's Hymns and Twilight Stories • Wm. Crosby And H.P. Nichols

... for little boys like me to stay at home in such weather as this, mamma," said he, all the while hoping the snow would soon be deep enough for him to ride down the hill on his sled. ...

— Birds Illustrated by Colour Photography, Vol II. No. 4, October, 1897 • Various

... Murphy, Jr. was one of the engineers on the rocket-sled experiments that were done by the U.S. Air Force in 1949 to test human acceleration tolerances (USAF project MX981). One experiment involved a set of 16 accelerometers mounted to different parts of the subject's body. There ...

— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0

... kind of flat sled, made of a thick piece of plank, and used to haul stones on, and they found it just ...

— Harper's Young People, July 20, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various

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