sledge
sledge¹
Definition
sledge (slej)
noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb sledged, sledg′·ing
Etymology: ME slegge < OE slecge < base of slean, to strike, slay
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Definition
sledge (slej)
noun
a sled or sleigh for carrying loads over ice, snow, etc.
Etymology: MDu sleedse, akin to sledde, sled
intransitive verb, transitive verb sledged, sledg′·ing
to go or take by sledge
sledge
Usage Examples
Object
- party: The Discovery had also sent out two sledging parties.
Converse of object
- thresh: Here are oxen for the burnt offering, and here are threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood.
- haul: Using neither dogs or ponies, the men man hauled the sledges for the entire journey.
- tow: We spent a pleasant five days towing a yellow sledge around the area!
- pull: A good team of 9 dogs would travel 30 miles in a day pulling a sledge with a load of over 1000lbs.
- drag: Roy fell over headlong, dragging the sledge with him.
- draw: Dogs are much used in these cold countries, in drawing the sledges.
Adjective modifier
- wooden: A heavy wooden sledge fitted with sharp, cutting, spikes was used to separate the precious wheat from the chaff.
- husky: Perhaps on a reindeer safari, by snowmobile, snow shoe or the ultimate - by husky sledge.
- heavy: A heavy wooden sledge fitted with sharp, cutting, spikes was used to separate the precious wheat from the chaff.
- old: The steep muddy roads are lined with melting ice, empty beer cans and old plastic sledges.
Modifies a noun
- hammer: A light tap with a 7lb sledge hammer remedied the fault!
- hockey: Ice sledge hockey is a comparatively new team sport.
- journey: Proposed sledge journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific - from the Weddell Sea to the Ross Sea.
- ride: Only the huskies giving sledge rides seem bursting with energy.
- dog: Borchgrevink brought with him 90 sledge dogs â the first dogs ever used in Antarctic work.
- runner: The sledge runner This object is tentatively identified as a sledge runner and is worthy of note.
Noun used with modifier
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