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sleigh [ sley ] SHOW IPA
/ sleɪ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun
a light vehicle on runners, usually open and generally horse-drawn, used especially for transporting persons over snow or ice.
a sled.
verb (used without object)
to travel or ride in a sleigh.
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Origin of sleigh 1690–1700,
Americanism ;<Dutch
slee, variant of
slede sled ; cf.
slide
OTHER WORDS FROM sleigh sleigher, noun
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH sleigh sled , sledge , sleigh Words nearby sleigh sleevelet ,
sleeve link ,
sleeve notes ,
sleeve valve ,
sleeving ,
sleigh ,
sleigh bed ,
sleigh bell ,
sleight ,
sleight of hand ,
Sleipnir
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How to use sleigh in a sentence Feel free to take them outside for a hike, a sleigh ride, or a few trips down the slopes.
An 1846 American patent for a sleigh dashboard may well be the earliest use of the term.
N’awlins’ own Big Freedia brings us a sleigh full of new music in the form of her Smokin’ Santa Christmas album.
That allows the radar to determine when there is something flying through their range — such as a large man in a red suit on a sleigh .
At the Retreat, Links and Spa at Silvies Valley Ranch in Seneca, Oregon, guests are sent out on sleigh rides with thermoses of this house-made hot chocolate at the ready.
In “Sleigh Ride,” the narrator is painting a scene so perfect that it could be featured on an iconic Currier and Ives print.
Yes, the future lawmaker built up a full-service Santa business with a sleigh pulled by real reindeer.
After wandering at haphazard some little way I met a peasant in a sleigh .
Just as Mr. Darwood drove around to the door with his sleigh Andy came back to the farmhouse.
The sleigh , with the horses prancing, swept on and did not even stop for its occupants to note the damage it had done.
Perhaps the appearance of another iceboat that had just passed the sleigh had startled the horses.
Plornish had a broken leg and had to be lifted by both boys into the Pendleton sleigh .
Why, Lil Pendleton and the stage manager are out there in the Pendletons sleigh .
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British Dictionary definitions for sleigh
verb
(intr) to travel by sleigh
Derived forms of sleigh sleigher , noun Word Origin for sleigh C18: from Dutch slee, variant of slede sledge 1
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