DCHP-3

komatik ((n.))

[< East Esk. qamutik, dual of qamut sled runner]
North
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Spelling variants:
ka(h)motik, kamutik, kumotik, earlier commetik, etc.

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

an open Eskimo dog-sled.

Quotations

1824
[Kamotik--Sledge]
1853
They are short and well made, are fed principally on seal and blubber, and are so hardy that six or eight of them tackled to a heavily laden sledge or 'commettek' will travel as much as twenty leagues in a day.
1905
Making their harness and the komatik, or sleigh, and feeding the dogs and driving them to and from the woods, was always more play than work to me.
1965
The dog sled, or komatik, has replaced the bicycle for northern Cubs.

Images

A komatik

A komatik