- sledde
- , sb. == an old blind person. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. Dut. sladde. ON. slæfr, ‘hebes,’ ‘ignavus,’ slitti, ‘res flaccida’
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sled — I. noun Etymology: Middle English sledde, from Middle Dutch; akin to Old English slīdan to slide Date: 14th century 1. a vehicle usually on runners for transportation especially on snow or ice; especially a small steerable one used especially by… … New Collegiate Dictionary
sledge — I. noun Etymology: Middle English slegge, from Old English slecg; akin to Old Norse sleggja sledgehammer, Old English slēan to strike more at slay Date: before 12th century sledgehammer II. verb (sledged; sledging) Date: 1654 sledgehammer … New Collegiate Dictionary
sleigh — I. noun Etymology: Dutch slee, alteration of slede; akin to Middle Dutch sledde sled Date: 1703 an open usually horse drawn vehicle with runners for use on snow or ice II. intransitive verb Date: circa 1729 to drive or travel in a sleigh … New Collegiate Dictionary
sled — sledlike, adj. /sled/, n., v., sledded, sledding. n. 1. a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice. 2. a sledge. v.i. 3. to coast, ride, or be carried on a sled. v.t. 4. to convey by sled.… … Universalium
sleigh — [sleı] n [Date: 1700 1800; : Dutch; Origin: slee, from Middle Dutch sledde; SLED1] a large open vehicle with no wheels that is used for travelling over snow and is pulled along by animals →↑sledge … Dictionary of contemporary English
sledge — English has two words sledge. The sledge [OE] of sledgehammer [15] was once a word in its own right, meaning ‘heavy hammer’. It goes back to the prehistoric Germanic base *slakh ‘hit’, source also of English slaughter, slay, etc. Sledge ‘snow… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
sled — {{11}}sled (n.) late 14c., a sledge used for transport of heavy goods, from M.Du. sledde sled, from P.Gmc. *slido (Cf. O.S. slido, O.N. sleði, Dan. slæde, Swed. släde, O.H.G. slito, Ger. Schlitten sledge ), from the same root as O.E. slidan (see… … Etymology dictionary
sled — noun & verb (sleds, sledding, sledded) North American term for sledge1. Origin ME: from Mid. Low Ger. sledde; related to slide … English new terms dictionary
sled — [[t]slɛd[/t]] n. v. sled•ded, sled•ding 1) trs a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice 2) a sledge 3) to coast, ride, or be carried on a sled 4) trs to convey by sled • Etymology:… … From formal English to slang
sled — /slɛd / (say sled) noun 1. a vehicle mounted on runners for conveying loads over snow, ice, rough ground, etc. 2. a sledge, especially a small one. 3. a small vehicle of this kind used in tobogganing, etc.; a toboggan. –verb (sledded, sledding)… …
