dog·sled

[dawg-sled, dog-] noun, verb, dog·sled·ded, dog·sled·ding.
noun
1.
Also, dog sledge. a sled pulled by dogs, especially one used by Arctic peoples, as the Eskimos.
verb (used without object)
2.
to travel by dogsled.

Origin:
1800–10, Americanism; dog + sled

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dogsled (ˈdɒɡˌslɛd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
chiefly (US), (Canadian) dog sledge, Also called: dog sleigh a sleigh drawn by dogs

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Example sentences
The only way people could get to our wedding was by dogsled and snowmobile.
Some freighting continued during the cold winters by dogsled, but the loads
  were necessarily light.
Transportation by dogsled, temperature well below zero.
They needed transportation to get into the wilderness and the only way to get
  there was by dogsled.
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