different between sled vs bobsleigh

English

Etymology

From Middle English sledde, from Middle Dutch sledde or Middle Low German sledde (compare Dutch slee, slede, Low German Sleden), from Proto-Germanic *slidô (compare Saterland Frisian sliede, German Schlitten, Norwegian slede). Related to slide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sl?d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Noun

sled (plural sleds)

1. A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills. (A "sled" in this sense is not pulled by an animal as a "sleigh" is.)

   The child zoomed down the hill on his sled.

2. (US) A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice. (contrast "sleigh", which is larger)

   "Mush!" he yelled at the dogs pulling the sled.

3. (slang) A snowmobile.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• sledge
• sleigh
• toboggan

Verb

sled (third-person singular simple present sleds, present participle sledding, simple past and past participle sledded)

1. (intransitive) To ride a sled.
2. (transitive) To convey on a sled.

Anagrams

• Dels, EDLs, ELSD, LEDs, dels, seld

Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech footprint, Proto-Slavic *sl?d? (“rail, sledge runner”), Proto-Indo-European *h?sleid? (“slide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sl?t]
• Rhymes: -?t
• Hyphenation: sled
• Homophone: slet

Noun

sled m inan

1. sequence, succession

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• sled in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• sled in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Anagrams

• sedl

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): slij?d

Noun

sl?d m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. sequence
2. track

Declension

English

Etymology

From bobs, the short runners on which the bobsleigh is based (as opposed to a usual sleigh on long runners continuing all the way along the vehicle); further etymology unclear. Attested since 1839 as bob-sled, long before the invention of the sport.

Noun

bobsleigh (countable and uncountable, plural bobsleighs)

1. (obsolete) A sleigh for saw logs or heavy timber resting on two pairs of two short runners
2. (Britain) A winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled.
3. (Britain) The sled used in the sport of bobsleigh

Synonyms

• bob
• bobsled (USA/Canada)

Translations

Verb

bobsleigh (third-person singular simple present bobsleighs, present participle bobsleighing, simple past and past participle bobsleighed)

1. To ride a bobsleigh.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?p.sl?/, /b?p.sl??/

Noun

bobsleigh f (plural bobsleighs)

1. bobsleigh

Spanish

Noun

bobsleigh m (plural bobsleighs)

1. bobsleigh