sleigh
1- a light vehicle on runners, usually open and generally horse-drawn, used especially for transporting persons over snow or ice.
- a sled.
- to travel or ride in a sleigh.
Origin of sleigh
1sleigh
2- sley.
sley
or slay, sleigh
- the reed of a loom.
- the warp count in woven fabrics.
- British. the lay of a loom.
- to draw (warp ends) through the heddle eyes of the harness or through the dents of the reed in accordance with a given plan for weaving a fabric.
Origin of sley
Examples from the Web for sleigh
Contemporary Examples of sleigh
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.
Historical Examples of sleigh
The light of that speech was in her eyes when she went out to the sleigh again.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
He was throwing back the robe to leap from the sleigh when the figure reached him.
Tiverton TalesAlice Brown
On the 10th of March, 1809, the sleigh and its load entered Cleveland.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
After Dan's departure in the sleigh, Tom wandered about restlessly.
The Inn at the Red OakLatta Griswold
He drew up in the first bay and awaited the approach of the sleigh.
A Woman IntervenesRobert Barr
sleigh
- another name for sledge 1 (def. 1)
- (intr) to travel by sleigh
Word Origin for sleigh
Word Origin and History for sleigh
"vehicle mounted on runners for use on ice and snow," 1703, American and Canadian English, from Dutch slee, shortened from slede (see sled (n.)). As a verb from 1728. Related: Sleighing. Sleigh-ride is first recorded 1770; sleigh-bells is from c.1780; they originally were used to give warning of the approach of a sleigh.