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‖ pulka|ˈpʌlkə|
Also pulkka, erron. pulkha, pulk.
[a. Finnish pulkka, Lapp. pulkke, (acc. to Friis, more purely) bulkke, bulke.]
A Lapland travelling-sledge in shape like the front half of a boat, drawn by a single reindeer (see also quot. 1974). Also attrib.
1796Morse Amer. Geog. 35 Confined in one of those carriages or pulkhas. 1808E. Sleath Bristol Heiress I. 177 No rein-deer bids her pulkha fly. 1858B. Taylor North. Trav. ix. 84 These pulks are shaped very much like a canoe; they are about five feet long, one foot deep, and eighteen inches wide, with a sharp bow and a square stern. You sit upright against the stern-board, with your legs stretched out in the bottom. 1881P. B. Du Chaillu Land Midn. Sun II. 79 Numerous pulkas..were scattered around. 1885S. Tromholt Aurora Borealis I. 108 The sleigh would capsize quicker than the Pulk. 1913Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 798/1 The Lapland sledge, or pulk, as it is called, is shaped something like a boat. 1952Ibid. Jan. 33/2 In a trice he had put on her gay red-and-blue harness and fastened the traces to a pulkha, the canoe-like little sledge of north-east Lapland. 1960G. Taylor Mortlake iii. i. 130 A reindeer drawing a small boat-shaped sledge called a pulkka. 1964Punch 25 Nov. p. xvii, This store's ski fashion wear includes the Ernst Engel collection, Canadian overboots, patterned Tyrol pullovers, Swedish pulka jackets, furry helmets. 1969Guardian 31 July 3/4 All our equipment..we pull behind us on pulka sledges..made of wood. 1974Canad. Consumer Feb. 11/1 A special accessory for family enjoyment is the Norwegian ‘pulk’ (sled) with a rigid harness for a man or dog to tow even babies along. The pulk..is boatshaped, so that it will not tip on bumpy ground. |