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sleigh runner †
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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one of two longitudinal pieces on which a sled or sleigh glides over the snow or ice.
See: runner ((1))(def. 1a)
Quotations
1834
The next day one of our sleigh runners, being worn out by the bare roads, gave way and detained us so long that we could only reach a miserable farmhouse in Brock.
1962
There was a . . . set of sleigh runners from a winter freight wagon. . . .