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noun
1.
a light vehicle on runners, usually open and generally horse-drawn, used especially for transporting persons over snow or ice.
2.
a sled.
verb (used without object)
3.
to travel or ride in a sleigh.
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Example Sentences
- In olden days it was compulsory to have bells on the horse when drawing a sleigh.
- When the celebration ends at one house, the hosts join their guests for a sleigh ride to the next neighbor.
- Even if his sleigh traveled at light speed he would loose to much time getting out of his sleigh and delivering presents.
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World English Dictionary
| sleigh (sleɪ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | another name for sledge |
| —vb | |
| 2. | (intr) to travel by sleigh |
| [C18: from Dutch slee, variant of slede | |
| 'sleigher | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
sleigh
1703, Amer.Eng. and Canadian, from Du. slee, shortened from slede (see sled). Sleigh-ride is first recorded 1770; sleigh-bells is from c.1780.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
sleigh
vehicle usually drawn by either horses or dogs over ice or snow in winter. Its predecessor, the sledge, in the form of the travois and the sidecar, is believed to have been the first vehicle used by humans.
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