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SLED SLEIGH

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 241 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SLEIGH  or SLEDGE (See also:Dan. slaede, Dutch slede, akin to " slide "), a vehicle on runners instead of wheels, for travelling over See also:snow or See also:ice . Various forms are used according as the See also:object is utility or See also:sport . The sleighs used in See also:COASTING are referred to in the See also:article under that heading; but for See also:ordinary means of See also:conveyance See also:horse-See also:drawn sleighs are employed as carriages in countries such as See also:Russia, Scandinavia, and See also:North See also:America, where the roads are snow-See also:bound in the See also:cold See also:season; and in the See also:Arctic regions See also:dogs are harnesses]. to them .

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