pung (p ng)n. New England A low, one-horse box sleigh. [Short for dialectal tom-pung, from an Algonquian language of southern New England.] |
pung [pʌŋ]
n
(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) Eastern US and Canadian a horse-drawn sleigh with a boxlike body on runners
[shortened from Algonquian tom-pung; compare toboggan]
pung - Once the name for a one-horse sled or wagon.
See also related terms for sled.
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