DCHP-2

sled DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1 n.

  a sled drawn by a team of dogs. [See picture at dog-sled.]

  See also: dog-sled (and picture)  sledge  

• 2 n. — Obs.

  in the North and Northwest, a light tobogganlike dog sled into which a single passenger or a load is laced securely, the dog-driver following behind.

  See also: cariole ((n.)) (def. 2a)  

• 3 n.

  a low sledlike contrivance, sometimes having shaped log-runners, used for removing stones from fields and for other heavy hauling.

  See also: stoneboat (and picture)  

• 4 n. — North

  any enclosed structure on bobs or runners functioning as part of a cat-train, whether for the crew or for perishable freight.

  See also: caboose (def. 5b)