DCHP-2
motor toboggan DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a small over-snow vehicle equipped with skis at the front and powered by a motor driving a treaded endless track.
See also: autoboggan motorized sled motorized toboggan power toboggan skidoo ski-scooter snow-bug snow-buggy Snow Cruiser snowmobile (meaning 1) snow scooter toboggan ((n.)) (def. 5) ski-sled
- 1948 . . . replacing the old-fashioned dog team and sled, [are] . . . motor toboggans and " snow tractors " which attain a speed up to 35 miles per hour and manoeuver in almost any kind of terrain.
- 1963 Whizzing through the bush on a motor toboggan is an adventure. These machines, which cost $700 or $800, travel up hill, down dale and across frozen lakes with ridiculous ease.
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A motor toboggan
- 1948 . . . replacing the old-fashioned dog team and sled, [are] . . . motor toboggans and " snow tractors " which attain a speed up to 35 miles per hour and manoeuver in almost any kind of terrain.