sleigh
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Modern Dutch slee, from Middle Dutch slede, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *slidô. Doublet of sled and further related to slide.
Noun
[edit]sleigh (plural sleighs)
- A vehicle, generally pulled by an animal, which moves over snow or ice on runners, used for transporting persons or goods. (contrast "sled", which is smaller)
- Santa travels in a sleigh.
- 2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 29:
- In 1958, it was reported that for "the fourth year in succession, staff of four South London stations have combined to decorate the booking hall at Peckham Rye station". They installed a nativity scene, models of Father Christmas, and a sleigh driven by huskies, and Christmas trees were placed around the station.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]vehicle with runners, generally at least somewhat large and pulled by an animal
See also
[edit]Verb
[edit]sleigh (third-person singular simple present sleighs, present participle sleighing, simple past and past participle sleighed)
- (intransitive) To ride or drive a sleigh.
- (transitive) To transport (cargo, freight) via sleigh.
- 2011, Cameron Clifford, Farms, Flatlanders, and Fords: A Story of People and Place in Rural Vermont 1890-2010:
- Electrification helped farmers, but in addition, the farm routine was greatly simplified because milk itself became the desired commodity instead of cream and butter. Milk trucks traveled to neighborhoods like North Pomfret to pick up cans of milk and haul them to the creamery for processing. The empty cans were returned to the farm when the next load was picked up. This required the farmer to purchase and keep extra milk cans on hand, but that was a small price to pay for convenience. Platforms were erected by the side of the main road through Pomfret so that during the winter farmers could sleigh their milk cans to them for pickup by the milk trucks, which were unable to navigate the infrequently maintained back roads where many farmers lived.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sleigh (comparative sleigher, superlative sleighest)
Translations
[edit]sly — see sly
Further reading
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Anagrams
[edit]Irish
[edit]Noun
[edit]sleigh
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| sleigh | shleigh after an, tsleigh |
not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Middle English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sleigh
- alternative form of sly
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