Definition of sledge

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sledge    (slj) KEY 

NOUN:

A vehicle mounted on low runners drawn by work animals, such as horses or dogs, and used for transporting loads across ice, snow, and rough ground.

tr. & intr.v.
sledged, sledg·ing, sledg·es

To convey or travel on a sledge.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Dutch dialectal sleedse, perhaps diminutive of Dutch slede, sled, from Middle Dutch sledde