SLEDDING • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Sledding

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/slˈɛdɪŋ/ Listen

noun

Sledding n.

The act of transporting or riding on a sled.

The state of the snow which admits of the running of sleds; as, the sledding is good.

verb

Sled v. t. (past & past part. sledded; pres. part. sledding) To convey or transport on a sled; as, to sled wood or timber.

See images of 'Sledding'

Etymology of 'Sledding'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

Share |

"Sledding" Quotes from Famous Books

... I shall never forget those forays through the woods," said Morton, "over hill and hollow, in search of nuts, or berries, or wild-grapes, or meadow-plums—the fishing and swimming in summer, the snow-balling, and sledding, and skating, in winter! an innocent and happy set of ...

— The Island Home • Richard Archer

... see where you're going to get off. You seem to think there is a fortune in this business. I'll tell you there isn't. It's hard sledding to make both ...

— El Diablo • Brayton Norton

... rather rough sledding, to be sure, and as the bicycle wheels pounded over the turf the boys had to hold on ...

— The Aeroplane Boys Flight - A Hydroplane Roundup • John Luther Langworthy

... logs were hitched together by chains, and dragged down from the upland wood-lots. Under these mighty loads the snow-tracks got an almost icy polish, prime sledding for country sleighing parties. Sometimes a logging-bee was made to clear a special lot for a neighbor, and a band of wood-choppers worked all day together. It was cheerful work, though the men had to stand all day in the snow, and the thermometer was below zero. But there ...

— Home Life in Colonial Days • Alice Morse Earle

... for a rainy day fall back," he said. "You and Elsa aren't going to have smooth sledding for a ...

— The Forbidden Trail • Honore Willsie

More quotes...