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sleigh

sleigh [ slay ]


noun  (plural sleighs)
Definition:
 
horse-drawn carriage used on snow: an open, usually horse-drawn vehicle on runners, used for travel on snow and ice



intransitive verb  (past and past participle sleighed, present participle sleigh·ing, 3rd person present singular sleighs)
Definition:
 
travel in sleigh: to move over snow or ice in a sleigh

[Early 18th century. < Dutch slee, later form of Middle Dutch slēde< Germanic, "slip, slide"]

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