sledge

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
  2. noun a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
  3. verb transport in a sleigh

Etymology

From Middle English slegge, from Old English sleċġ (“sledgehammer; mallet”), from Proto-Germanic *slagjǭ. Cognate with Dutch slegge (“sledge”), Swedish slägga (“sledge”), Norwegian Bokmål slegge (“sledge”), Norwegian Nynorsk sleggje (“sledge”), Icelandic sleggja (“sledge”), German Schlägel.

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Synonyms

sled, sleigh

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