pulk

/ pʌlk /

noun

Origin of pulk¹

C19: from Finnish pulkka , from Sami pulkke

He sat in the window recess cutting at a model of a Laplander's pulk (sledge) which the Sorenskriver had given him.

After this we lost all signs of our way, except the almost obliterated track of his pulk.

My deer became restive, and whirled me around in the snow, filling my pulk.

I got up, shook myself, righted the pulk, and commenced again.

Why, did you ever see a pulk of Cossacks on a forage, Mr Frenche?

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