From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsledgesledge1 /sledʒ/ British English, sled /sled/ American English noun [countable] TTBa small vehicle used for sliding over snow, often used by children or in some sports → sleigh
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sledge• Fiennes developed severe frostbite after removing a glove while attempting to retrieve a sledge from freezing water.• Walter did not use a sledge to raise the action.• It was the monster and his sledge.• Riding in the sledge is an experience.• Sure, anything is better than manhandling the sledges through waist-deep snow.• Wisting looked down, over the side of the sledge.• They're good men - they're pulling their sledges themselves.sledgesledge2 British English, sled American English verb [intransitive] DLOTTBto travel on a sledge→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
sledge• Then we could go to his place and learn to sledge.Origin sledge1 (1500-1600) Dutch dialect sleedse