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sleigh-ride 
1 † n. a ride in a sleigh.
- 1860 The first snow fell on Tuesday last, but the principal part of it was nearly washed away by the rain in the evening--not, however, before a few indulged in a sleigh ride.
- 1961 [Caption] . . . Fergus takes Calum on sleigh ride, led by family Labrador, past warehouse of Hudson's Bay post father runs
2 n. a group of persons riding together in a sleigh or in several sleighs as a form of recreation.
See also: sleighing party
- 1896 The young people of St. Andrew's Church, went on their annual sleigh-ride to the county gaol in St. Catherines, on Tuesday evening.
- 1955 Sleigh rides were popular too. When the snowy roads were well packed down, a group of young people might organize a sleigh ride. Crowded into the long box of a bob sled and bundled up with rugs, the party would ride for miles along the snowy roads. . . .
- 1956 He was big and blonde and so was she and they ski'd and went on sleigh-rides and talked in hearty shouts.
- 1860 The first snow fell on Tuesday last, but the principal part of it was nearly washed away by the rain in the evening--not, however, before a few indulged in a sleigh ride.