sled vs sledge vs sleigh
Definitions
noun
- a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
verb
- ride (on) a sled
Examples
These observations will provide a valuable supplement to the simultaneous records of other expeditions, especially the British in McMurdo Sound and the German in Weddell Sea, above all as regards the hypsometer observations (for the determination of altitude) on sledge journeys.
As for leisure activities, a few old weights and a sledgehammer is the gym.
The new sled is meant to replace the one he had in Colorado, back with his family.
Definitions
verb
- ride in or travel with a sledge
- beat with a sledgehammer
- transport in a sleigh
noun
- a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
- a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
Examples
These observations will provide a valuable supplement to the simultaneous records of other expeditions, especially the British in McMurdo Sound and the German in Weddell Sea, above all as regards the hypsometer observations (for the determination of altitude) on sledge journeys.
As for leisure activities, a few old weights and a sledgehammer is the gym.
I clung onto bits of ice and tried desperately to remove the harness attaching me to the sledge.
Definitions
noun
- a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
verb
- ride (on) a sled
Examples
If you've been to the crossroads, and made the deal, and got the mojo — which turns out to be dependent on a great deal of hard work and practice, just like sleight-of-hand — wouldn't you maybe get a trifle riled by that kind of misjudgment from time to time?
The prodigiously capable Louise, for instance, is weighing the relative claims upon her imagination of long jumping and bobsleigh.
Two weeks after his funeral she was asked to try out for the British bobsleigh team.
