sled

[ sled ]

/ slɛd /

a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.

a sledge.

to coast, ride, or be carried on a sled.

to convey by sled.

Nearby words

1350–1400; Middle English sledde < Middle Dutch; akin to German Schlitten sled, sleigh¹; cf. slide

sled·like, adjective

Some childhood totem, like a stuffed animal . . . or a sled?
We All Have a Rosebud in Our Pasts|Sam Roberts|October 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“In his waking hours, Kane had certainly forgotten the sled and the name which was painted on it,” he wrote.
We All Have a Rosebud in Our Pasts|Sam Roberts|October 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They yapped and pulled at their leads with such energy that Winkelmann insisted we climb back into the sled, pronto.
Visiting the Arctic Circle…Before It’s Irreversibly Changed|Terry Greene Sterling|April 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After he'd leashed the huskies up to the sled, Winkelmann deftly zipped me into a tarp-like blanket.
Visiting the Arctic Circle…Before It’s Irreversibly Changed|Terry Greene Sterling|April 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Being the smallest person among us, I had the first seat on the sled, the one closest to the dogs.
Visiting the Arctic Circle…Before It’s Irreversibly Changed|Terry Greene Sterling|April 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The sled under him heeled over, and took a desperate chance on a single runner.
The Man in the Twilight|Ridgwell Cullum
I suppose you went back and got the sled the next day, didn't you?
Bert Wilson in the Rockies|J. W. Duffield
This bar is slightly concave on the side next the sled and gives the nose a curved shape.
Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory|Lucien Turner
Since Nell did not leave the sled, he did not guess even that one of the two was a woman.
The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel|Marvin Dana
How about that crowbar an' steel cable then, what you had on your sled the other night?
Smoke Bellew|Jack London