rocket sled

noun

1. a sled propelled along a long track by rocket engines, for testing the effects of high rates of acceleration and deceleration.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rocket sled¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

Just as I never looked at Usain Bolt, the great Jamaican sprinter, and mused: What would he be like on a rocket sled?

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The Kokomo Tribune reports that the rocket sled is an obscure piece of military equipment used to test an ejection-rescue system for the B-58 Hustler bomber plane.

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Engineers tested the rocket sled by accelerating to supersonic speeds and launching a fully pressurized capsule into the sky.

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Two minutes into Trump’s bid for the White House, and we were on a rocket sled screaming full speed straight downhill on a ride that is still going.

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Natalia Ocampo, the rocket sled project manager for the launch.

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