DCHP-1 Online

sleighing party † 

• n. a group of persons riding together in a sleigh or in several sleighs as a form of recreation.

  See also: sleigh-ride (def. 2)  

  • 1769  (1931)  [Emily . . . wants me, every time we make a carrioling-party, to invite all the Misses of Quebec. . . .]
  • 1883  No doubt it would be impracticable to prepare beans in the proper way on the sleighing parties. . . .
  • 1937  "I haven't been on a sleighing party," cried Jim, "for thirty years!"