sleigh

[ sley ]

noun

1. a light vehicle on runners, usually open and generally horse-drawn, used especially for transporting persons over snow or ice.
2. a sled.

verb (used without object)

1. to travel or ride in a sleigh.

sleigh

/ sleɪ /

noun

1. another name for sledge 1

verb

1. intr to travel by sleigh

Derived Forms

• ˈsleigher, noun

Other Words From

• sleigher noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sleigh¹

1690–1700, Americanism; < Dutch slee, variant of slede sled; slide

Word History and Origins

Origin of sleigh¹

C18: from Dutch slee, variant of slede sledge ¹

Example Sentences

The Bjork sculpture is found in the Season 2 episode “The Bracebridge Dinner,” which also features a snow-laden sleigh ride.

From Los Angeles Times

But she’d never written a Christmas song until she and her collaborator Walter Afanasieff cranked one out over the course of a summer afternoon: a cheery, uptempo number driven by jingling sleigh bells, lush girl-group vocal harmonies and an inhumanly speedy keyboard lick.

From Los Angeles Times

The couple said tickets had sold so well that they would be returning to Norwich for a Christmas Day Fever, known as Sleigh Fever, in December.

From BBC

The canonical, almost cartoonish image of red-and-white mushrooms conjured when thinking of Alice’s adventures may have inspired Santa Claus’ sleigh ride.

From Slate

There were no facilities to treat those with mental illness or developmental disabilities in what was then the Alaska territory, so they were sent — often by dog sled, sleigh or stagecoach — to a waiting ship in Valdez.

From Seattle Times