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Webster 1913 Edition


Sleigh

Sleigh

,
Adj.
Sly.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Sleigh

,
Noun.
[Cf. D. & LG.
slede
,
slee
, Icel.
sle[GREEK]i
. See
Sled
.]
A vehicle moved on runners, and used for transporting persons or goods on snow or ice; – in England commonly called a sledge.
Sleigh bell
,
a small bell attached either to a horse when drawing a slegh, or to the sleigh itself; especially a globular bell with a loose ball which plays inside instead of a clapper.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sleigh

SLEIGH

,
Noun.
sla.
[probably allied to sleek.] A vehicle moved on runners, and greatly used in America for transporting persons or goods on snow or ice. [This word the English write and pronounce sledge, and apply it to what we calla sled.]

Definition 2024


sleigh

sleigh

See also: slèigh

English

Noun

sleigh (plural sleighs)

a horse-drawn sleigh
  1. 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.
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Verb

sleigh (third-person singular simple present sleighs, present participle sleighing, simple past and past participle sleighed)

  1. To ride or drive a sleigh.
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Adjective

sleigh (comparative sleigher, superlative sleighest)

  1. (obsolete) Sly.
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