sleigh
noun
a light vehicle on runners, usually open and generally horse-drawn, used especially for transporting persons over snow or ice.
sleighs
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pluralof sleigh.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Mr Cook asked motorists to "exercise extreme caution and vigilance" on the roads, "especially around Santa sleighs as there are often families and children crossing the roads nearby".
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2023
Next we anchor the larger elements to the tree: a jolly Santa, fur-trimmed sleighs of varying sizes and showers of galvanized bells.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2022
In her article, Hamill researched the origins of "Jingle Bells," its composer, James L. Pierpont, and other songs about sleighs that appeared during the mid-1800s.
From Fox News ● Jan. 2, 2022
We stared in somewhat stupefied awe at toy trains chugging around sugar-snow-dusted mini-Swiss Alps under flying Santa sleighs and traded longings.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2020
Tod’s umbrage rendered him momentarily speechless, during which pause Soulzeren interjected, “Be faster to fly, anyway. We can have the silk sleighs ready in a few days.”
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
