sled
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sled \Sled\ (sl[e^]d), n. [Akin to D. slede, G. schlitten, OHG.
slito, Icel. sle[eth]i, Sw. sl[aum]de, Dan. sl[ae]de, and E.
slide, v. See {Slide}, and cf. {Sledge} a vehicle, {Sleigh}.]
1. A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the
snow or ice; -- in England called {sledge}.
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2. A small, light vehicle with runners, used, mostly by young
persons, for sliding on snow or ice.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "sled":
Skimobile, Sno-Cat, barge, blade, boat, bobsleigh, bus, cart,
coach, coast, coaster, cutter, dogsled, double-ripper, drag, dray,
ferry, flit, float, flow, fly, glide, glissade, haul, ice-skate,
jumper, lighter, luge, pung, raft, roller-skate, runner, sail,
scoot, ship, sideslip, skate, skateboard, ski, skid, skim, sledge,
sleigh, slide, slip, slither, snowmobile, sweep, toboggan, troika,
truck, van, wagon, weasel, wheelbarrow
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