DCHP-3

sleigh dog†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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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: Eskimo dog,sled(def. 1),sled dog (def. 1 and picture)

Quotations

1897
My splendid dogs obtained from Hamilton, Montreal and elsewhere, had increased and multiplied, until now I had a number of the finest sleigh dogs in the country.
1965
[The wolf was] intent upon following the tracks of Andy's sleigh dogs.