DCHP-2

train ((2)) 2 [< Cdn F traîne sauvage toboggan; cp. traineau] DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1a 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. Also spelled traine.

  See also: cariole ((n.)) (def. 2a and picture)  traineau  

• 1b n.

  a number of sled dogs (2 to 20) hitched to a sled or toboggan.

  See also: dog-team  

• 1c n. — Hist.

  a dog-sled and the dog-team together.

  See also: dog-train (def. 1)  

• 2 n. — Obs.

  a simple wheel-less conveyance originally used by the Indians and made of two poles on which was a platform or net for holding a load, the contrivance being pulled by a dog. [See picture at travois.]

  See also: travois (def. 1 and picture)