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 sl de.]
sleigh er 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. |
sleigh Noun
Verb
to travel by sleigh [Dutch slee]
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| Noun | 1. |  sleigh - a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snowluge - 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 sledathletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition bobsled, bob - ride a bobsled; "The boys bobbed down the hill screaming with pleasure" ride - be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day" |
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