Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of riding in a sleigh.
- noun The state of the snow which admits of running sleighs: as, the sleighing was bad.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of riding in a sleigh.
- noun The state of the snow or ice which admits of running sleighs.
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- verb Present participle of
sleigh .
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Examples
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"Best kind of sleighing now," said the hired man, and drove around the biggest sleigh on the place.
The Rover Boys at School Edward Stratemeyer 1896
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John B. McPherson describes a variety of entertainments, such as sleighing, skating, hunting, and reading, to his uncle, Edward McPherson.
Franklin County: John B. McPherson to Edward McPherson, December 28, 1859 John B. McPherson 1859
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Except perhaps for the years after the Civil War, when Harlem was "the choicest spot on the island for horse racing, yachting, cricket, sleighing, swimming, and skating or simply glorying in the beautiful vistas and virgin forests that remained," Harlem has never had it easy.
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The thought of sleighing cheered him for a moment, until, now on the outskirts of the village, he was sanitarily perturbed by the adjacency of dwelling houses and barns.
THE PRODIGAL FATHER 2010
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Except perhaps for the years after the Civil War, when Harlem was "the choicest spot on the island for horse racing, yachting, cricket, sleighing, swimming, and skating or simply glorying in the beautiful vistas and virgin forests that remained," Harlem has never had it easy.
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"Jingle Bells", from 1857, was a novelty sleighing song written for Thanksgiving, which took time, and new technology, to become popular.
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So, for example, it is possible to discover that July is a good time to visit Greenland (the beginning of spring), South Africa's Jeffrey Bay (good surf) or Igls (summer bob-sleighing).
Archive 2008-07-01 2008
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So, for example, it is possible to discover that July is a good time to visit Greenland (the beginning of spring), South Africa's Jeffrey Bay (good surf) or Igls (summer bob-sleighing).
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Salt was used in a few cities, but was strongly protested because it ruined the streets for sleighing and damaged the shoes and clothing of pedestrians.
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By many persons it is supposed that the country is for ever “locked in regions of thick-ribbed ice,” and that skating and sleighing are favourite summer diversions of the inhabitants.
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