different between sleigh vs sweigh

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

Middle English

Noun

sweigh

1. sway

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)