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▪ I. sleigh, n. Chiefly U.S. and Canada.|sleɪ|
Also 8 slay, sley.
[Originally U.S., ad. Du. slee, contracted form of slede slead n.]
1. A sledge constructed or used as a vehicle for passengers, usually drawn by one or more horses.
1703S. Sewall Diary 11 Dec., Corps is brought to town in the governours slay. 1705Ibid. 11 Jan., The governour and his lady essaying to come from Charlestown to Boston in their slay,..his four horses fell in [to the water], and the two horses behind were drown'd. 1721New Engl. Courant 25 Dec., They went to church in a sley. 1768Francis Lett. (1901) I. 81 The Amusements among the Ladies..is riding upon the snow in Sleighs, a kind of open coach upon a sledge, drawn by a pair of horses. 1805Jefferson Writ. (1830) IV. 31 The Canadian glows with delight in his sleigh and snow. 1838Stephens Trav. Russia 70/1 An enormous sleigh, carved and profusely gilded, and containing a long table with cushioned seats on each side. 1878A. Brassey Voy. Sunbeam 18 At the summit we found basket-work sleighs, each constructed to hold two people, and attended by a couple of men, lashed together.
2. a. A sledge or sled employed for the transport of goods over ice or snow.
1748in Temple & Sheldon Hist. of Northfield, Mass. (1875) 259 The snow coming so soon after the river was froze.., and the river not strong enough to drive up provisions, that I was forced to have it carried upon Indian sleys. 1796Morse Amer. Geogr. I. 493 Upwards of 1200 sleighs entered the city daily.., loaded with grain of various kinds, boards [etc.]. a1817T. Dwight Trav. New Eng., etc. (1821) II. 208 The produce of these tracts is conveyed to market chiefly in sleighs. 1836Backwoods of Canada 67 No better mode of transport than..through the worst possible roads with a waggon or sleigh.
b. Mil. (See later quots.)
1797Nelson 17 July in Nicolas Disp. (1845) II. 414 The Theseus to make a slay for dragging cannon. 1875Encycl. Brit. II. 663 Field artillery..has also been transported by sleighs, as in Canada. The sleigh is a platform placed on runners 16 inches high and 3 feet broad. 1876Voyle & Stevenson Milit. Dict. 388/2 The term sleigh is also given to the carriage on which heavy guns are moved in store.
3. The bone of the upper jaw in a sperm-whale.
1874C. M. Scammon Marine Mammals N. Amer. viii. 75 Next to and above the bone of the upper jaw (which is termed the ‘coach’ or ‘sleigh’).
4. attrib. and Comb., as sleigh-dog, sleigh-man, sleigh-robe, sleigh-runner, etc.; sleigh-driving; sleigh bed N. Amer., a type of bed resembling a sleigh, having head- and footboards curving outwards; a French bed; sleigh-cutter (see cutter n.2 3).
1902F. C. Morse Furnit. of Olden Time iii. 77 Plainer bedsteads in this [French bed] style were made, veneered with mahogany, and they are sometimes called *sleigh beds, on account of their shape. 1950W. Bird Nova Scotia iii. 87 Those who spend the night in the ancient bedrooms, perhaps sleeping on the great ‘sleigh bed’ that remains in one. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 14 Feb. 4/4 (Advt.), Antique Marketry Furniture, Ca. 1790, Dresser w/mirror, highboy, desk, two sleigh beds.
1846J. Taylor Upper Canada 33 *Sleigh-cutters are a simple but elegant carriage, without wheels.
1806Pike Sources Mississ. (1810) 72 My *sleigh dogs brought me ahead of all by one o'clock.
1884S. E. Dawson Handbk. Canada 121 *Sleigh-driving, tobogganing, and skating are the pastimes of winter.
1884Chambers's Jrnl. 5 Jan. 11/1 The *sleighman seats himself on one side of the sledge.
1747Boston Gaz. 22 Dec., A pair of handsome *slay runners. 1824Longfellow in Life (1891) I. iii. 37 There was very little snow left beneath the sleigh⁓runners.
▪ II. sleigh, v.|sleɪ|
Also 8 slay.
[f. the n.]
intr. To travel or ride in a sleigh. Also with it.
1728–9S. Sewall Letter-bk. II. 264 They waited there for convenient snow to slay it to Salem. 1868Dickens Lett. (1880) II. 375, I have been sleighing about to that extent, that I am sick of the sound of a sleigh-bell.
Hence ˈsleigher, one who rides in or drives a sleigh.
1830Southey in Q. Rev. XLII. 81 As much to the delight of the sleighers as to the annoyance..of those who make their way on foot. 1874Daily News 19 Jan. 5/5 The sleighers and the occupants of the carriages. |