DCHP-3

dog-sled

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a sled drawn by a team of dogs.

Quotations

1697
Took 2 hands along with mee to try to draw home plank but could not so came with one upon the dogs slead to the Rivers side.
1844
I was extremely restricted as to baggage for the journey . . . from the small size of the dog sled, and the space required for provisions.
1923
Caribou skins dangled below the dog-sleds in the rafters, almost tickling the noses of the dancers.
1965
Make and use a bow and arrow, run a trapline, learn to drive a dog sled, and take part in a seal hunt.

Images

One kind of dog-sled

One kind of dog-sled