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A carriage with runners for travel over snow or ice.

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Usage examples (37)
  • When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer.
  • A wee like a storm, and my sleigh is at the blacksmith's to be shod.
  • And why is that Christmas songs always use the word sleigh instead of sled?
  • Kincaid believed it was called a sleigh bed, and again, probably a reproduction.
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  • Another word that sounds like sleigh which is a carriage pulled through the snow, is slay which means to kill violently.
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