noun / verb
sleigh
SLAY/sleɪ/
A vehicle on runners pulled over snow or ice, or travel in it.
The sleigh rests on its long runners in the snow.
Etymology
Dutch slee names the same kind of runner-mounted vehicle. Its historical connection with sled and slide points to the defining motion: gliding over a surface rather than rolling on wheels.
In context
My very earliest memories are I think around Christmas, riding in the sleigh, the Troika sleigh, on London Road with a horse in front of us pulling us along.
More examples
- We sleighed across the frozen field.
- Two horses pulled the sleigh.
- They are sleighing along the winter trail.
Forms
sleigh · sleighs · sleighed · sleighing