dogsled

[ dawg-sled, dog- ]
/ ˈdɔgˌslɛd, ˈdɒg- /
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noun

Also dog sledge. a sled pulled by dogs, especially one used by Arctic peoples, as the Eskimos.

verb (used without object), dog·sled·ded, dog·sled·ding.

to travel by dogsled.

Origin of dogsled

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10; dog + sled

Words nearby dogsled

dogpatch, dogrib, dogs, dogsbody, dogshore, dogsled, dogtooth, dogtooth violet, dogtrot, dogvane, dogwatch

Words related to dogsled

bobsled, luge, toboggan, sledge

Example sentences from the Web for dogsled

  • I said “Yeah, mon.” And then they started the Jamaica Dogsled team, and they wanted to send us abroad to do races.

    Jamaica, We Have a Dogsled Team |Allen St. John |March 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

  • All Hager had to do was slow the dogsled to a walk, and his partner died.

    Cold Ghost |Chester S. Geier

British Dictionary definitions for dogsled

dogsled
/ (ˈdɒɡˌslɛd) /

noun

mainly US and Canadian a sleigh drawn by dogs Also called: (Brit) dog sledge, dog sleigh