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gravity's favorite vehicle, requiring no engine and zero apologies for the inevitable downhill chaos.
means A sledge is a vehicle mounted on runners rather than wheels, built for sliding over snow or ice — or, in another sense, a large heavy hammer.
from Two different words wearing the same coat. The sliding 'sledge' comes from Middle Dutch 'sleedse', a cousin of the same family that gives us 'sled' and 'sleigh' — all rooted in an old verb meaning 'to slide' or 'to drag.' The hammering 'sledge' (as in sledgehammer) is unrelated, descending from Old English 'slecg', tied to 'slean', meaning 'to strike' — the ancestor of our modern 'slay.' So one sledge slides downhill and the other slays a wall; English simply spelled them alike and let context sort it out.
- war origins
- Sledges hauled cannons across frozen battlefields long before fun
- cricket slang
- To sledge means trash-talking opponents into mistakes
- no brakes
- Steering is optional; stopping is mostly faith
- hammer cousin
- A sledgehammer shares the name and the blunt attitude
- polar workhorse
- Dog sledges crossed Antarctica before any engine could
crufts agility sledge pull — dog show event at crufts in birmingham, uk
winter olympics dog sledding — officially called dog sledding, competed in winter games since 1932