different between sleigh vs bobsled

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: sl?, IPA^(key): /sle?/
• Rhymes: -e?
• Homophone: slay

Etymology 1

From Dutch slee, from Middle Dutch slede, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *slidô.

Noun

sleigh (plural sleighs)

1. A vehicle, generally pulled by an animal, which moves over snow or ice on runners, used for transporting persons or goods. (contrast "sled", which is smaller)

   Santa travels in a sleigh.

Derived terms

• Nantucket sleigh ride
• sleigh bell

Translations

See also

• sled
• sledge
• toboggan

Verb

sleigh (third-person singular simple present sleighs, present participle sleighing, simple past and past participle sleighed)

1. To ride or drive a sleigh.

Derived terms

• sleigher

Etymology 2

Adjective

sleigh (comparative sleigher, superlative sleighest)

1. (obsolete) Sly.

Translations

Further reading

• Sleigh in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• le sigh, leighs

Middle English

Adjective

sleigh

1. Alternative form of sly

English

Noun

bobsled (plural bobsleds)

1. (US and Canada) A sled used to go down a bob track.
2. (US and Canada) The sport of travelling down a bob track as fast as possible.
3. A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; the compound sled so formed.
   • W. D. Howells

     The long wagon body set on bobsleds.

Synonyms

• (sled): bobsleigh
• (sport): bobsleigh, bobsledding

Derived terms

• bobsledder

Translations

Verb

bobsled (third-person singular simple present bobsleds, present participle bobsledding, simple past and past participle bobsledded)

1. To ride a bobsled.

Translations

See also

• bobsled on Wikipedia.Wikipedia