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toboggan


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Toboggan  \To*bog"gan\,  n.  [Corruption  of  American  Indian 
  odabagan  a  sled.] 
  A  kind  of  sledge  made  of  pliable  board,  turned  up  at  one  or 
  both  ends  used  for  coasting  down  hills  or  prepared  inclined 
  planes;  also  a  sleigh  or  sledge,  to  be  drawn  by  dogs,  or  by 
  hand,  over  soft  and  deep  snow.  [Written  also  {tobogan},  and 
  {tarbogan}.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Toboggan  \To*bog"gan\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Tobogganed};  p.  pr 
  &  vb  n.  {Tobogganing}.] 
  To  slide  down  hill  over  the  snow  or  ice  on  a  toboggan. 
  --Barilett. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  toboggan 
  n  :  a  long  narrow  sled  without  runners;  boards  curve  upward  in 
  front 
  v  :  move  along  on  a  toboggan  [syn:  {luge}] 




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