1737 tr. C. de Bruyn I. 48/2 I had got a hand-sledge made.., and I took this opportunity to divert a young Lady upon the ice with it.
1848 R. M. Ballantyne iii. 59 The hand-sledge is a thin flat slip or plank of wood... Indians invariably use it while visiting their traps, for the purpose of dragging home the animals or game they may have caught.
2009 J. A. Coyne iv. 107 The party physically dragged these heavy rocks on hand sledges.