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

Moody, Watch, Spy, Doc, Brin, Jerry, Sue, and Jack were as beautiful beasts as ever hauled a komatik over our Northern barrens.

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

Dog food must be distributed along the komatik trail in summer—though the people will make great sacrifices to feed "the Doctor's team."

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

Seventeen men had come for the physician, willing to haul the komatik themselves, if no dogs were to be had.

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

But in the fall, when navigation closes, she must go into winter quarters; and then the sick and starving are sought out by dog-team and komatik.

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

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 Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir