(in Lapland) a one-person, reindeer-drawn sleigh, shaped like the front part of a boat
pulka in American English
(ˈpʌlkə)
noun
a reindeer-drawn sleigh of Lapland, shaped like the front half of a canoe, in which a single rider sits with back against a vertical support and legs stretched forward
Also called: ahkio
Word origin
[1790–1800; ‹ Finnish pulkka ‹ Lappish]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backhanded, echelon, idealism, ideology, methodology