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lumber sled Obs. 
a sleigh used in hauling logs.
- 1829 For some years, the Americans . . . were in the habit of running the Canadians off the road, their lumber-sleighs being much heavier.
- 1841 In Monroe they disguised him for a night in a ladies dress, in the morning they dressed him as a sturdy beggar, and shipped him under our eyes, in an old crazy lumber sled, and he escaped the vigilance of all the Marshals.
- 1852 (1923) The wood of this oak is so heavy and hard that it will not float in the water, and it is in great request for the runners of lumber-sleighs, which have to pass over very bad roads.
- 1829 For some years, the Americans . . . were in the habit of running the Canadians off the road, their lumber-sleighs being much heavier.