A sled, sledge, or sleigh is a land vehicle with a smooth underside or possessing a separate body ed by two or more smooth, relatively narrow, longitudinal runners that travels by sliding across a surface.
The word sled comes from Middle English sledde, which itself has the origins in Old Dutch word slee, meaning “sliding” or “slider”. The same word shares common ancestry with both sleigh and sledge.
The word sled comes from Middle English sledde, which itself has the origins in Old Dutch word slee, meaning “sliding” or “slider”. The same word shares common ancestry with both sleigh and sledge.
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