DCHP-3

sledge-dog

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a dog, as an Eskimo dog, used to pull a sled (def. 1), especially in the North. See 1577 quote at sled (def. 1). [See picture at sled dog.]

See: sled(def. 1),sled dog (def. 1)

Quotations

1864
Their mother was an excellent sledge-dog of our team.