sleigh

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a vehicle on runners for traveling over snow or ice, usually pulled by an animal

   The hunters returned across the frozen pond in a horse-drawn sleigh.

2. 2
   verb

   to ride or travel in a sleigh

   The family sleighed into town after the road disappeared beneath the snow.

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Simplified etymology

Sleigh was borrowed from Dutch in the early 17th century and was initially adopted in North America. It is related to sledge, sled, slide, and slither.

Borrowed from Dutch slee, from Middle Dutch slede, a Germanic word related to sled and slide. The English spelling preserves the Dutch-looking -eigh even though the word is pronounced like slay.

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