Word Finder - sleds

definition

A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills. (A "sled" in this sense is not pulled by an animal as a "sleigh" is.)

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The child zoomed down the hill on his sled.

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A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice. (contrast "sleigh", which is larger)

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"Mush!" he yelled at the dogs pulling the sled.

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A snowmobile.

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To ride a sled.

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To convey on a sled.

Other important manufactures in 1905 were petroleum products ($2,006,484); lumber and planing mill products ($1,604,274); women's clothing ($1,477,648); children's carriages and sleds ($ 1, 4 6 5,599); car-shop construction and repairs, by steam railway companies ($1,366,506); carriages and wagons ($ 1, 22 5,387); structural iron work ($1,102,035); agricultural implements, bicycles, automobiles (a recent and growing industry), plate and cut-glass (made largely from a fine quality of sand found near the city), tobacco, spices and malted liquors.

Deep ruts and "cradle-holes" were worn in the ice, as on terra firma, by the passage of the sleds over the same track, and the horses invariably ate their oats out of cakes of ice hollowed out like buckets.

Their life is still in many respects very primitive; their houses are generally built of logs, their clothes are often of homespun, Indian corn and ham form a large part of their diet, and their means of transportation are the saddle-horse and sleds and wheeled carts drawn by oxen or mules.

We will be traveling with reindeer sleds, dog sleds, snowmobile or minibus.

For instance, there are sleds designed exclusively for touring, for driving along trails, for driving through mountains, for performance, for hauling and for a host of other duties.

Founded in Austria in 1924 by Josef Fischer Senior, the Fischer ski company was initially concerned with making rack wagons, sleds and a few simple wooden skis.

Crystal or white resin sleds, ceramic or crystal winter scenes, and any other wedding themed accessory you can find might just work perfectly on top of your cake.

You can find baskets shaped like sleds, clocks, bowls and bikes,which come filled with nuts, cookies, chocolates, and coffee.

Popsicle sleds and paper mache snowmen are fun for kids to make.

In the past family and friends got together and rode their horse drawn sleds to neighbors to sing Christmas carols on their porch.