dogsled

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noun

A sled, pulled by dogs over ice and snow.

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Meanings

noundogsled (plural dogsleds)

plural dogsleds · alternative dog sled

  1. A sled, pulled by dogs over ice and snow.

    His body was jammed so tightly in the carryall of the dog sled that I had difficulty slipping my arm under him.

    1959, William A. Leising, Arctic Wings, page 121

    Synonyms: dog sledge

verbdogsled (third-person singular simple present dogsleds, present participle dogsledding, simple past and past participle dogsledded)

present singular third person dogsleds · participle present dogsledding · participle past dogsledded · past dogsledded · alternative dog sled

  1. intransitiveTo ride on a dogsled.
  2. intransitiveTo race dogsleds.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA sled, pulled by dogs over ice and snow.

Similar
dog sledge

More synonyms by meaning

nouna sled pulled by dogs

Similar
dog sleddog sleigh
Broader
sledsledgesleigh

verbtravel with a dogsled

Similar
mush
Broader
sledsleigh
Also see
dog sledgemush

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From dog + sled.

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Translations

Danish hundeslæde
  • hundeslædesled pulled by dogs
Esperanto hundosledo
  • hundosledosled pulled by dogs
Finnish koirareki
  • koirarekisled pulled by dogs
French traîneau à chien
  • traîneau à chiensled pulled by dogs
German Hundeschlitten
  • Hundeschlittensled pulled by dogs
Hungarian kutyaszán
  • kutyaszánsled pulled by dogs
Japanese 犬ぞり
  • 犬ぞり (inuzori)sled pulled by dogs
Korean 개썰매
  • 개썰매 (gaesseolmae)sled pulled by dogs
Polish psi zaprzęg
  • psi zaprzęgsled pulled by dogs
Spanish trineo tirado por perros
  • trineo tirado por perrossled pulled by dogs
Swedish hundsläde
  • hundslädesled pulled by dogs
Cite this entry
APA

dogsled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogsled

MLA

“dogsled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogsled. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dogsled,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogsled.

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