Toboggan
[tə'bɒg(ə)n] or [tə'bɑɡən]
Definition
(noun.) a long narrow sled without runners; boards curve upward in front.
(verb.) move along on a luge or toboggan.
Checked by Debs--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A kind of sledge made of pliable board, turned up at one or both ends, used for coasting down hills or prepared inclined planes; also, a sleigh or sledge, to be drawn by dogs, or by hand, over soft and deep snow.
(v. i.) To slide down hill over the snow or ice on a toboggan.
Editor: Maris
Definition
n. a kind of sled turned up at the front much used in Canada for sliding down snow-covered slopes.—v.i. to slide down over snow on such.—Earlier also Tobog′gin Tabog′gan Tarbog′gin.—ns. Tobog′ganer; Tobog′ganing; Tobog′ganist.
Inputed by Kari
Examples
- You could toboggan very well. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The toboggan is very different from the luge. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The toboggan is constructed in Canada of flat laths. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- They went out with a toboggan, leaving Ursula and Birkin to follow. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Couldn't we toboggan? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- She went gaily over the white snow, with Gerald beside her, in white and grey, pulling the little toboggan. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- You could not toboggan into the streets of Montreux. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Ochs Brothers sell toboggans. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- They import their own toboggans. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Excellent Canadian toboggans are sold in Montreux. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Tobogganing, he said, requires a special piste. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Luge-ing, said the first official, is tobogganing. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Typist: Vern