noun / verb
sledge
SLEJ/sledʒ/
A vehicle on runners for snow or ice, or to travel or haul with one.
The freight sledge carries tied firewood on two long runners across the snow.
Etymology
Dutch sleedse belongs to the same word family as sled and slide. The underlying image is transport by sliding over a surface, which runners make possible on snow or ice.
In context
dogs pass on towards the north at a distance of half a mile a being which had the shape of a man but apparently of gigantic stature sat in the Sledge and guided the dogs
More examples
- She straps the tent to the sledge before setting out.
- They sledge their equipment from the landing site to camp.
- We sledged across the frozen lake before sunset.
Forms
sledge · sledges · sledged · sledging