pulk

/ pʌlk /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of pulk¹

C19: from Finnish pulkka , from Sami pulkke

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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