sleddern.
1. One who conveys heavy articles by means of a sled.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > [noun] > conveyor of goods by vehicle > by a sled
sledder1649
sledger1661
1649 Sc. Acts, Chas. II (1819) VI. 482 Haveing agriet with maissons, quarriouris, and sledderis.
1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 15 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) Fourteen Pence a Day for the other Banck's-Man, or Sledder.
2. A horse that draws a sled.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > draught-horse > that pulls vehicle > of specific type (miscellaneous)
chareter1601
gigstera1812
van horse1820
cab horse1828
cabber1832
stanhope horse1836
vanner1854
sledder1869
trapper1883
trammer1889
fly-horse1891
busser1894
1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. ii. 13 Smiler (our youngest sledder) had been well in over his withers.
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