The same with sledding and sledging?
2006-10-30 22:37:49 · 8 answers · asked by The_Boat_of_Questions 1 in Sports ➔ Winter Sports
There is no difference.
Its another bastardisation of the English language by the Americans.
2006-10-30 22:42:35 · answer #1 · answered by tfgo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Think you mean sleigh rather than sled. - This is pulled like a horse and cart, a sledge is the device that a single person moves by themselves
2006-10-30 22:48:23 · answer #2 · answered by Victoria Q 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One answer is ~ it relies upon on the way you % to spell it. yet in spite of the undeniable fact that, a 'sledge' could be utilized in multiple methods, the place a toboggan is constrained. i think there are extra precise solutions, in spite of the undeniable fact that. Sash.
2016-11-26 20:34:14 · answer #3 · answered by magoon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dictionary definitions show that 'Sled' was the original noun of Germanic origin, whereas Sleigh (America) or Sledge (British) are derivatives:
SLED noun, verb, sled‧ded, sled‧ding.
–noun 1. a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
2. a sledge. –verb (used without object)
3. to coast, ride, or be carried on a sled.
–verb (used with object) 4. to convey by sled.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME sledde < MD; akin to G Schlitten sled, sleigh; cf. slide]
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SLEIGH
–noun 1. a light vehicle on runners, usually open and generally horse-drawn, used esp. for transporting persons over snow or ice.
2. a sled. –verb (used without object)
3. to travel or ride in a sleigh.
[Origin: 1690–1700, American; < D slee, var. of slede sled; cf. slide]
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SLEDGE
noun, verb, sledged, sledg‧ing.
–noun 1. a vehicle of various forms, mounted on runners and often drawn by draft animals, used for traveling or for conveying loads over snow, ice, rough ground, etc.
2. a sled.
3. British. a sleigh. –verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
4. to convey or travel by sledge. –verb (used without object)
5. British. to sleigh.
[Origin: 1595–1605; < dial. D sleeds, deriv. of slede sled; cf. sleigh]
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2006-10-31 00:41:16 · answer #4 · answered by great.expectati0ns 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A SLED HAS FIXED RUNNERS
A SLEDGE HAS STEERABLE RUNNERS
2006-10-30 22:47:17 · answer #5 · answered by RAMSBOTTOM 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they're just different names referring to the same thing. No difference.
2006-10-31 00:29:06 · answer #6 · answered by ispakles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The letters GE...!
2006-10-30 22:45:55 · answer #7 · answered by galaxy_glider 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hasnt got a g in in!
2006-10-30 22:52:06 · answer #8 · answered by monamena 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋