pulk

/ (pʌlk) /

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noun

a sledge that is pulled by dogs while a person skis behind to steer and brake

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Word Origin for pulk

C19: from Finnish pulkka, from Sami pulkke

Words nearby pulk

puling, Pulitzer, Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prizes, Pulj, pulk, pulka, pull, pull a boner, pull about, pull a fast one

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How to use pulk in a sentence

He sat in the window recess cutting at a model of a Laplander's pulk (sledge) which the Sorenskriver had given him.
Katharine Frensham|Beatrice Harraden
After this we lost all signs of our way, except the almost obliterated track of his pulk.
Northern Travel|Bayard Taylor
My deer became restive, and whirled me around in the snow, filling my pulk.
Northern Travel|Bayard Taylor
I got up, shook myself, righted the pulk, and commenced again.
Northern Travel|Bayard Taylor

Why, did you ever see a pulk of Cossacks on a forage, Mr Frenche?
The Cruise of the Midge (Vol. II of 2)|Michael Scott