komatik

American  

[koh-mat-ik] / koʊˈmæt ɪk /

noun

1. a sled made by binding crossbars to wooden runners with rawhide, invented and first used by the Inuit of northern Canada.

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komatik British  

/ ˈkəʊmætɪk /

noun

1. a sledge having wooden runners and crossbars bound with rawhide, used by the Inuit and other related peoples

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Etymology

Origin of komatik

First recorded in 1815–25, komatik is from the Inuit word qamutik

Example Sentences

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komatik

To his horror on reaching the komatik he found the real cause of its running so much more easily.

From Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers by Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell

Weight on your komatik is a vital question, and not knowing for what you may be called upon, makes the outfitting an art.

From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell

Whitney had welcomed Cook warmly, had witnessed his troubles at Etah, and his departure by komatik, and had taken charge of his instruments and records to carry South with him when he came home.

From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell

Meantime, a komatik had arrived in haste from a point on the northwest coast—a settlement one hundred and twenty miles distant.

From Dr. Grenfell's Parish The Deep Sea Fisherman by Norman Duncan

Not so long before a man named Casey, bringing his komatik down the steep hill at Conche, missed his footing and fell headlong by a bush into the snow.

From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell