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1n.
a dog-sled and the dog-team together.
Quotations
1793
Five men, five loaded horses and five dog trains started with goods for Mr. Grant's. . . .
1875
Instances are known of men and dog-trains having been completely buried by such storms for several days, and who yet came out alive.
1960
John acquired a fine train of sleigh dogs, and a dozen dog trains swung off down the ice of the Saskatchewan River. . . .
2n. — Obs.
a sled drawn by a team of dogs.
See: dog-sled
Quotations
1854
Their travelling in summer is performed by water, in winter by dog-trains called "commetteks."
3n.
a number of sled dogs (2 to 20) hitched to a sled or toboggan.
See: dog-team
Quotations
1836
We saw one youngster carioling behind a horse and another driving a dog-train.
1913
Voudrin, with the dog-train and sledge, was already ashore on the beach. . . .
1938
The interpreter and dog driver had carried the body of the murdered man back to the carryall and, with the dog train, had disappeared around a bend in the river.
4n.
a number of dog-teams and sleds forming a brigade that moves in single file.
Quotations
1872
During five days our course lay through vast expanses of stiff frozen reeds, whose corn-like stalks rattled harshly against the parchment sides of the cariole as the dog-trains wound along through their snow-covered roots.
1913
Arrangements had been made, however, to send a great dog-train of ten sledges north, loaded with supplies, that the hunters might replenish their failing stores.
1963
. . . after freeze-up the canoe routes are followed by dog trains.