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sleighing

[sley] Origin

sleigh

1[sley]
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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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

Origin:
1690–1700, Americanism; < Dutch slee, variant of slede sled; compare slide

sleigh·er, noun
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sleigh

2[sley]
noun, verb (used with object)
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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.
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