ox-sled

Obs.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a low sled or stoneboat that slid on wooden runners made from shaped logs, pulled by an ox or by oxen.

Quotations

1825

Walked to Toronto [to buy a] logging-chain and an ox-sled.

1844

Searching in the woods for a tree with a proper turn near the root to make a pair of runners for an ox sled. . . .

1896

In winter several small grists could be taken on one ox sleigh.

1957

It was there that I met the first ox-carts, or rather "ox-sleds," that I have ever seen in Newfoundland.