pulk

/ (pʌlk) /

noun

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

Nearby words

puling, pulitzer, pulitzer prize, pulitzer prizes, pulj, pulk, pulka, pull, pull a boner, pull a fast one, pull about

Word Origin for pulk

C19: from Finnish pulkka, from Sami pulkke

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Examples from the Web for pulk

My deer became restive, and whirled me around in the snow, filling my pulk.
Northern Travel|Bayard Taylor
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
I got up, shook myself, righted the pulk, and commenced again.
Northern Travel|Bayard Taylor
Sampo Lappelil thanked the priest and borrowed a pulk from him.
Top of the World Stories for Boys and Girls|Emilie Poulsson

He made a rapid bolt and disappeared, as if he had a pulk of Cossacks in full chase at his heels.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327|Various