kicksled

English

An original Norwegian-style kicksled

Wikipedia

Etymology

Although the kicksled originates from Norway, the English term is a calque of the Finnish potkukelkka (“kick + sled”), possibly because the device appears to be first introduced to larger American audience in the form kick-sled in the Feb. 26th 1940 issue of the Life magazine in a story of the Finnish Winter War.

Noun

kicksled (plural kicksleds)

1. A type of small sled consisting of a handlebar mounted on a pair of flexible metal runners. The driver stands on the runners and kicks the sled forward with one foot. In front of the handlebar there's often a seat for a passenger.

Synonyms

• spark

Translations

type of small sled

• Danish: sparkstøtting (da) c
• Estonian: tõukekelk (et), Soome kelk (et)
• Finnish: potkukelkka (fi)
• German: Tretschlitten (de) n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sparkstøtting (no) c, spark (no)

  Nynorsk: sparkstytting (nn) c, sparkstutting (nn) c

• Swedish: sparkstötting (sv) c, spark (sv)