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   sledge

   /slɛdʒ/

   noun

   • 1. a vehicle on runners for conveying loads or passengers over snow or ice, often pulled by draught animals: "a dog sledge"
   • ▪ a small lightweight vehicle, either on runners or having a smooth bottom surface, used for sliding downhill over snow or ice.

   verb

   • 1. travel or slide downhill over snow on a sledge: "they sledged down the slopes in the frozen snow"
   • ▪ carry (passengers or a load) on a sledge: "the task of sledging 10-metre lifeboats across tundra"

   Word Origin late 16th century (as a noun): from Middle Dutch sleedse; related to sled. The verb dates from the early 18th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sledger noun

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