sleigh ((v.))

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1v.

ride in a sleigh; travel by sleigh.

Quotations

1849

We sleighed across the ice of the Ottawa, which was rapidly becoming unsafe. . . .

1852

We used also to sleigh down the hill by Robert Hamilton's house, but we are not allowed to do that now.

1913

In the month of April they sleighed up to the Stewart. . . .

2v.

transport by sleigh.

1825

On my way down I saw a great many oak logs squared, and lying near the road, waiting sleighing.