sleigh

See also: slèigh and Sleigh

English

Pronunciation
  • enPR: slā, IPA(key): /sleɪ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪ
  • Homophone: slay

Etymology 1

From Modern Dutch slee, from Middle Dutch slede, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *slidô. Doublet of sled and further related to slide.

Noun

sleigh (plural sleighs)

a horse-drawn sleigh
  1. A vehicle, generally pulled by an animal, which moves over snow or ice on runners, used for transporting persons or goods. (contrast "sled", which is smaller)
    Santa travels in a sleigh.
Derived terms
Translations
vehicle on runners — see sledge
See also

Verb

sleigh (third-person singular simple present sleighs, present participle sleighing, simple past and past participle sleighed)

  1. To ride or drive a sleigh.
Derived terms

Adjective

sleigh (comparative sleigher, superlative sleighest)

  1. (obsolete) Sly.
Translations
sly — see sly

Further reading

Anagrams

Irish

Noun

sleigh

  1. dative singular of sleagh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sleigh shleigh
after an, tsleigh		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Middle English

Adjective

sleigh

  1. Alternative form of sly
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