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noun
A sleigh for saw logs or heavy timber resting on two pairs of two short runners.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: bobsled
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The sled used in the sport of bobsleigh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: bob, bobsled, bobsledge
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To ride a bobsleigh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bobsled, bob
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sled, sledge, sleigh
noun
formerly two short sleds coupled together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bobsled
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sled, sledge, sleigh
History
From bobs, the short runners on which the bobsleigh is based (as opposed to a usual sleigh on long runners continuing all the way along the vehicle); further etymology unclear. Attested since 1839 as bob-sled, long before the invention of the sport.
Across languages
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