sleigh
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Modern Dutch slee, from Middle Dutch slede, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *slidô. Doublet of sled and further related to slide.
Noun
[edit]sleigh (plural sleighs)
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- A vehicle, generally pulled by an animal, which moves over snow or ice on runners, used for transporting persons or goods. (contrast "sled", which is smaller)
- Santa travels in a sleigh.
- 2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 29:
- In 1958, it was reported that for "the fourth year in succession, staff of four South London stations have combined to decorate the booking hall at Peckham Rye station". They installed a nativity scene, models of Father Christmas, and a sleigh driven by huskies, and Christmas trees were placed around the station.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]vehicle on runners — see sledge
See also
[edit]Verb
[edit]sleigh (third-person singular simple present sleighs, present participle sleighing, simple past and past participle sleighed)
- To ride or drive a sleigh.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sleigh (comparative sleigher, superlative sleighest)
Translations
[edit]sly — see sly
Further reading
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[edit]Irish
[edit]Noun
[edit]sleigh
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
sleigh | shleigh after an, tsleigh |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Middle English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sleigh
- Alternative form of sly
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