box-sleigh†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a large horse-drawn sleigh having a boxlike body, used mainly for carrying goods.

See: box(def. 1)

Quotations

1896

We had two good horses, and a strong box-sleigh, and our load was not heavy, so that I expected to make good time.

1960

She . . . had climbed into the box sled . . . before she realized that she didn't want a ride at all.