DCHP-3

bobsled

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

a sleigh made up of one or more (usually two) double-runnered sections called bobs, having a deck or box mounted on top, long associated with lumbering operations and now also used in tractor trains in the North. See picture at bobsleigh.

See: bobsleigh ((n.))(def. 1)

Quotations

1871
A crew of lumberers have different occupations assigned to them; the "fellers" cut down the trees . . . the "teamster" and his assistants . . . haul them on a "Bob sled"--two sleds working independently and joined by chains. . . .
1959
A winded horse, his sleighbells jingling, struggled to pull a real bobsled up the icy slope.
2n.

a smaller sleigh having runners and used for coasting and capable of carrying a number of passengers.

See: bobsleigh ((n.))(def. 3)

Quotations

1965
[Caption] On Montreal's famous mountain park, the toboganners are as thick as snowbirds. These specially built, specially iced runs will soon be passé--along with the toboggan and the bobsled.