sled

Definition

A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills; no draft animal pulls it.

Etymology

From Middle English sledde, from Middle Dutch sledde or Middle Low German sledde (compare Dutch slee, slede, Low German Sleden), from Proto-Germanic *slidô (compare Saterland Frisian sliede, German Schlitten, Norwegian slede). Doublet of sleigh; also related to slide.

Example Sentences

• "The child zoomed down the hill on his sled."
• ""Mush!" he yelled at the dogs pulling the sled."
• "We saw them go by on their sleds this afternoon, headed toward their grandfather's quarter section."

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