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Sleighing

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sleigh  (sl)
n.
A light vehicle mounted on runners and having one or more seats, usually drawn by a horse over snow or ice.
intr.v. sleighed, sleigh·ing, sleighs
To ride in or drive a sleigh.
[Dutch slee, variant of slede, from Middle Dutch slde.]
sleigher n.
Our Living Language Sleigh is a familiar word in American English, having entered the language from Dutch by 1700. The Dutch were among the earliest colonists in North America, and it is thus no surprise that some very common words come from their language. Boss, bush, and landscape are all originally Dutch words that became established in English by the end of the 17th century. In the succeeding centuries we got such words as dope, knickerbocker, snoop, spook, waffle, and cookie. Even a term practically synonymous with American, namely Yankee, was in all probability originally a Dutch word for a Dutch pirate. See Note at Yankee.
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I once had it in contemplation to spend a month hereabouts, in sleighing time, for the sake of studying the yeomen of New England, who then elbow each other through the Notch by hundreds, on their way to Portland.
The Great Carbuncle by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
"There will be good sleighing," said Will Henderson, standing by the bar in Ed Griffith's saloon.
Winesberg, Ohio by Anderson, Sherwood View in context
He had had his fill long ago of the noisy friendly parties at Highbank, with coasting, ice-boating, sleighing, long tramps in the snow, and a general flavour of mild flirting and milder practical jokes.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
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