sleigh

[ sley ]

noun

1. a light vehicle on runners, usually open and generally horse-drawn, used especially for transporting persons over snow or ice.
2. a sled.

verb (used without object)

1. to travel or ride in a sleigh.

sleigh

/ sleɪ /

noun

1. See sledge
   another name for sledge 1

verb

1. intr to travel by sleigh

Derived Forms

• ˈsleigher, noun

Other Words From

• sleigher noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sleigh¹

1690–1700, Americanism; < Dutch slee, variant of slede sled; slide

Word History and Origins

Origin of sleigh¹

C18: from Dutch slee, variant of slede sledge ¹

Example Sentences

Feel free to take them outside for a hike, a sleigh ride, or a few trips down the slopes.

From Popular-Science

An 1846 American patent for a sleigh dashboard may well be the earliest use of the term.

From Washington Post

N’awlins’ own Big Freedia brings us a sleigh full of new music in the form of her Smokin’ Santa Christmas album.

From Essence.com

That allows the radar to determine when there is something flying through their range — such as a large man in a red suit on a sleigh.

From Science News For Students

At the Retreat, Links and Spa at Silvies Valley Ranch in Seneca, Oregon, guests are sent out on sleigh rides with thermoses of this house-made hot chocolate at the ready.

From Outside Online

In “Sleigh Ride,” the narrator is painting a scene so perfect that it could be featured on an iconic Currier and Ives print.

From The Daily Beast

Yes, the future lawmaker built up a full-service Santa business with a sleigh pulled by real reindeer.

From The Daily Beast

After wandering at haphazard some little way I met a peasant in a sleigh.

From The Daily Beast

Just as Mr. Darwood drove around to the door with his sleigh Andy came back to the farmhouse.

From Project Gutenberg

The sleigh, with the horses prancing, swept on and did not even stop for its occupants to note the damage it had done.

From Project Gutenberg

Perhaps the appearance of another iceboat that had just passed the sleigh had startled the horses.

From Project Gutenberg

Plornish had a broken leg and had to be lifted by both boys into the Pendleton sleigh.

From Project Gutenberg

Why, Lil Pendleton and the stage manager are out there in the Pendletons sleigh.

From Project Gutenberg