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dogsled

or dog sled

[ dawg-sled, dog- ]

noun

  1. a sled pulled by dogs, especially one used by Arctic peoples, as in Alaska and Canada.


verb (used without object)

dogsledded, dogsledding.
  1. to travel by dogsled.

dogsled

/ ˈɒɡˌɛ /

noun

  1. a sleigh drawn by dogs Also calledBritdog sledgedog sleigh
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dogsled1

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10; dog + sled
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They were not invited, and the people of Greenland made that clear, forcing the second couple to cancel their initial plans to visit cultural sites and a dogsled race.

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Vance is set to visit Greenland from Thursday through Saturday to watch the island's national dogsled race and "celebrate Greenlandic culture and unity," the White House told CNN in a statement.

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I fell off a dogsled down a frozen waterfall and landed on sharp ice on a kneecap.

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As Karina Bernlow’s dogsledding pups happily played in the swirling snow on a mid-January afternoon, she also feared the prospect of warmer seasons.

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The pastor herself travels to celebrate services beyond the church – including once at Green Dog, a dogsledding outfit half a dozen miles from Longyearbyen in a broad valley.

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