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sled

  [sled] noun, verb, sled⋅ded, sled⋅ding.
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–noun
1. a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
2. a sledge.
–verb (used without object)
3. to coast, ride, or be carried on a sled.
–verb (used with object)
4. to convey by sled.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME sledde < MD; akin to G Schlitten sled, sleigh; cf. slide

Related forms:
sledlike, adjective
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sled   (slěd)   
n.  

  1. A vehicle mounted on runners, used for carrying people or loads over ice and snow; a sledge.

  2. A light wooden frame on runners, used by children for coasting over snow or ice.

v.   sled·ded, sled·ding, sleds

v.   tr.
To carry on or convey by a sled.
v.   intr.
To ride or use a sled.

[Middle English sledde, from Middle Dutch.]
sled'der n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

sled 
1388, "a sledge used for transport of heavy goods," from M.Du. sledde "sled," from P.Gmc. *slido (cf. O.S. slido, O.N. sleði, Dan. slæde, Swed. släde, O.H.G. slito, Ger. Schlitten "sledge"), from the same root as O.E. slidan (see slide). In ref. to a sledge used for travel or recreation, it is attested from 1586, now mainly Amer.Eng. The verb meaning "ride on a sled" is first attested 1780.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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sled

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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