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n.
muskeg, bog mud, etc. applied to the runners of a dog-sled so that it freezes into a smooth-sliding surface.
Quotations
1897
This made travelling hard for the team, as it caused the ice glazing to melt from the sled, and the mud shoeing to wear and drag heavily upon the track.
1933
With runnered sledges, komatiks and catamarans, different kinds of shoeing have varying advantages and defects.