sled

Meaning

Noun

1. A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills. (A "sled" in this sense is not pulled by an animal as a "sleigh" is.)
2. A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice. (contrast "sleigh", which is larger)
3. (slang) A snowmobile.

Verb

1. To ride a sled.
2. To convey on a sled.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/slɛd/

Etymology

From Middle English sledde, from Middle Dutch sledde or Middle Low German sledde (compare Dutch slee, slede, Low German Sleden), from Proto-Germanic *slidô (compare Saterland Frisian sliede, German Schlitten, Norwegian slede). Doublet of sleigh; also related to slide.