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sleigh


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sleigh  \Sleigh\,  a. 
  Sly.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sleigh  \Sleigh\,  n.  [Cf.  D.  &  LG  slede,  slee,  Icel.  sle?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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sleigh 
  n  :  a  vehicle  mounted  on  runners  and  pulled  by  horses  or  dogs; 
  for  transportation  over  snow  [syn:  {sled},  {sledge}] 
  v  :  ride  on  a  sled  [syn:  {sled}] 




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