DCHP-3

sleigh-ride

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1†n.

a ride in a sleigh.

Quotations

1860
The first snow fell on Tuesday last, but the principal part of it was nearly washed away by the rain in the evening--not, however, before a few indulged in a sleigh ride.
1961
[Caption] . . . Fergus takes Calum on sleigh ride, led by family Labrador, past warehouse of Hudson's Bay post father runs
2n.

a group of persons riding together in a sleigh or in several sleighs as a form of recreation.

Quotations

1896
The young people of St. Andrew's Church, went on their annual sleigh-ride to the county gaol in St. Catherines, on Tuesday evening.
1955
Sleigh rides were popular too. When the snowy roads were well packed down, a group of young people might organize a sleigh ride. Crowded into the long box of a bob sled and bundled up with rugs, the party would ride for miles along the snowy roads. . . .
1956
He was big and blonde and so was she and they ski'd and went on sleigh-rides and talked in hearty shouts.