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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sledge1 /slɛdʒ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Transporta vehicle mounted on runners and often pulled by a horse or other animal, used for traveling or for carrying loads over snow, ice, etc.
- Transporta sled.
- Transport, British Terms[Brit.]a sleigh.
sledge2 /slɛdʒ/USA pronunciation n. - Buildingsledgehammer.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sledge1 (slej),USA pronunciation n., v., sledged, sledg•ing. n. - Transporta vehicle of various forms, mounted on runners and often drawn by draft animals, used for traveling or for conveying loads over snow, ice, rough ground, etc.
- Transporta sled.
- Transport, British Terms[Brit.]a sleigh.
v.t., v.i. - Transportto convey or travel by sledge.
v.i. - British Terms, Transportto sleigh.
- dialect, dialectal Dutch sleeds, derivative of slede sled; compare sleigh
- 1595–1605
- Buildingsledgehammer (defs. 1, 2).
- bef. 1000; Middle English slegge, Old English slecg; cognate with Dutch slegge, Old Norse sleggja; akin to slay
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sledge /slɛdʒ/, esp US Canadian sled /slɛd/ n
Also called: sleigh a vehicle mounted on runners, drawn by horses or dogs, for transporting people or goods, esp over snow- a light wooden frame used, esp by children, for sliding over snow; toboggan
vb - to convey, travel, or go by sledge
Etymology: 17th Century: from Middle Dutch sleedse; C14 sled, from Middle Low German, from Old Norse slethi, related to slideˈsledger n sledge /slɛdʒ/ n - short for sledgehammer
sledge /slɛdʒ/ vb - (transitive) to bait (an opponent, esp a batsman in cricket) in order to upset his concentration
Etymology: of uncertain origin; perhaps from sledgehammer |