sleigh

a light vehicle on runners; a sled: a one-horse open sleigh

Not to be confused with:

slay – murder; slaughter; assassinate: They planned to slay the King.

sley – the reed of a loom; the warp count in woven fabrics

sleigh

(slā)

A vehicle mounted on runners for use on snow or ice, having one or more seats and usually drawn by a horse.

intr.v. sleighed, sleigh·ing, sleighs

To ride in or drive a sleigh.

[Dutch slee, variant of slede, from Middle Dutch.]

sleigh′er n.

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sleigh

(sleɪ)

(Automotive Engineering) another name for sledge¹¹

(Automotive Engineering) (intr) to travel by sleigh

[C18: from Dutch slee, variant of slede sledge¹]

ˈsleigher n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

sleigh

(sleɪ)

n.

1. a light vehicle on runners, usu. open and generally horse-drawn, used esp. for transporting persons over snow or ice.

2. a sled.

v.i.

3. to travel or ride in a sleigh.

[1690–1700, Amer.; < Dutch slee, variant of slede; see sled]

sleigh′er, n.

sleigh

Past participle: sleighed
Gerund: sleighing

Imperative
sleigh
sleigh

Present
I sleigh
you sleigh
he/she/it sleighs
we sleigh
you sleigh
they sleigh

Preterite
I sleighed
you sleighed
he/she/it sleighed
we sleighed
you sleighed
they sleighed

Present Continuous
I am sleighing
you are sleighing
he/she/it is sleighing
we are sleighing
you are sleighing
they are sleighing

Present Perfect
I have sleighed
you have sleighed
he/she/it has sleighed
we have sleighed
you have sleighed
they have sleighed

Past Continuous
I was sleighing
you were sleighing
he/she/it was sleighing
we were sleighing
you were sleighing
they were sleighing

Past Perfect
I had sleighed
you had sleighed
he/she/it had sleighed
we had sleighed
you had sleighed
they had sleighed

Future
I will sleigh
you will sleigh
he/she/it will sleigh
we will sleigh
you will sleigh
they will sleigh

Future Perfect
I will have sleighed
you will have sleighed
he/she/it will have sleighed
we will have sleighed
you will have sleighed
they will have sleighed

Future Continuous
I will be sleighing
you will be sleighing
he/she/it will be sleighing
we will be sleighing
you will be sleighing
they will be sleighing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been sleighing
you have been sleighing
he/she/it has been sleighing
we have been sleighing
you have been sleighing
they have been sleighing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been sleighing
you will have been sleighing
he/she/it will have been sleighing
we will have been sleighing
you will have been sleighing
they will have been sleighing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been sleighing
you had been sleighing
he/she/it had been sleighing
we had been sleighing
you had been sleighing
they had been sleighing

Conditional
I would sleigh
you would sleigh
he/she/it would sleigh
we would sleigh
you would sleigh
they would sleigh

Past Conditional
I would have sleighed
you would have sleighed
he/she/it would have sleighed
we would have sleighed
you would have sleighed
they would have sleighed

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	sleigh - a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow sled, sledge bobsled, bobsleigh, bob - a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism bobsled, bobsleigh - formerly two short sleds coupled together dog sled, dog sleigh, dogsled - a sled pulled by dogs luge - a racing sled for one or two people pung - a one-horse sleigh consisting of a box on runners runner - device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along toboggan - a long narrow sled without runners; boards curve upward in front vehicle - a conveyance that transports people or objects
Verb	1.	sleigh - ride (on) a sled sled athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition dogsled, mush - travel with a dogsled bobsled, bob - ride a bobsled; "The boys bobbed down the hill screaming with pleasure" luge, toboggan - move along on a luge or toboggan ride - be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day"

Translations

مِزْلَجَه، زلاجَه

dopravní sáně

kane

Schlitten Pferdeschlitten

trineo

kelkkareki

traîneau traîne traineau

szán

sleîi

slitta

kamanas

slee

sani

atlı kızak

雪橇

sleigh

[sleɪ]

A. N → trineo m

B. VI & VT = sledge ²

C. CPD sleigh bell N → cascabel m
sleigh ride N to go for a sleigh ride → ir a pasear en trineo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sleigh

[ˈsleɪ] n → traîneau m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sleigh

n → (Pferde)schlitten m; sleigh bell → Schlittenglocke f; sleigh ride → Schlittenfahrt f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

sleigh

[sleɪ] n → slitta

sleigh

(slei) noun

a usually large sledge pulled by a horse etc.

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As soon as the snow had packed hard, I began to drive about the country in a clumsy sleigh that Otto Fuchs made for me by fastening a wooden goods-box on bobs.

When I got to the Shimerdas', I did not go up to the house, but sat in m sleigh at the bottom of the draw and called.

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Before we start, I fix on the place where tea and a sleigh are to meet us, and we drive home again; because skating against the wind is as detestable as skating with it is delightful, and an unkind Nature arranges its blowing without the smallest regard for our convenience.

There must be deep snow, hard frost, no wind, and a cloudless sky; and when, on waking up, I see these conditions fulfilled, then it would need some very potent reason to keep me from having out a sleigh and going off.

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The sleigh-bells jingled to and fro continually: sometimes announcing the arrival of a sleigh from Vermont, laden with the frozen bodies of porkers, or sheep, and perhaps a deer or two; sometimes of a regular market-man, with chickens, geese, and turkeys, comprising the whole colony of a barn yard; and sometimes of a farmer and his dame, who had come to town partly for the ride, partly to go a-shopping, and partly for the sale of some eggs and butter.

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The next morning, when I looked out, I saw the hollow-backed bay between the Varnum spruces, and Ethan Frome, throwing back his worn bearskin, made room for me in the sleigh at his side.

I thought no more about it till I got into the sleigh again that evening, and saw the book in Frome's hand.

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It was near the setting of the sun, on a clear, cold day in December, when a sleigh was moving slowly up one of the mountains in the district we have described.

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The puppy did not like it at all, but being fished for in this way was pure happiness beside being put to the sleigh for the first time.

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Simpson was absent from the home circle for the moment because he had exchanged the Widow Rideout's sleigh for Joseph Goodwin's plough.

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Meeting a comrade at the last post station but one before Moscow, Denisov had drunk three bottles of wine with him and, despite the jolting ruts across the snow-covered road, did not once wake up on the way to Moscow, but lay at the bottom of the sleigh beside Rostov, who grew more and more impatient the nearer they got to Moscow.

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And with them were some curious sleighs, whose bodies were shaped like lions, swans, tigers, etc.--vehicles that had once been handsome with pictured designs and fine workmanship, but were dusty and decaying now.

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