sledknee

One of those portions of the frame of a sled or sleigh which rest on the runners and raise the fenders and benches a sufficient height above the ground. sled-runner, subst. One of the curved pieces on which a sled slides. slěd, v. t. [SLED, 8.] To carry or convey on a sled; as, to sled wood or timber. *slěd-děd, adj . [English sled ; ed.) A word of doubtful meaning, but probably denoting mounted on the long narrow Norwegian snowshoes made of thin boards which resemble the runners of a sled, and on which the expert slides down the declivities of his journey on the crust of the snow. In 1885 Axel Paulsen, a noted Norwegian snowshoer, visited America and gave exhibitions of the marvelous feats which may be performed on that kind of snowshoe. It is used by the Laps, Poles, and Swedes as well as by the Norwegians, and is called the snow skate because it is used to skate on the crust of the snow. "So frowned he once, when, in an angry parle, We smote the sledded Polacks on the ice." Shakesp.: Hamlet , i. 1. *slěd-der, subst . [Eng.sled; -er.) A horse that draws a sledge. slědģe (1), s . [Prop. for sleds , pl. of sled (q. v.).] 1. A vehicle mounted on runners, or low wheels, or without wheels, and used for conveying loads over snow, ice, bare ground, .; a sled. 2. A traveling carriage mounted on runners, used for traveling over snow or ice; a sleigh. "The sledge is extremely light, and shod at the bottom with the skin of a young deer, the hair turned to slide on the frozen snow." - Goldsmith: Animated Nature , bk. ii., ch. v. *3. The hurdle on which traitors were drawn to the place of execution. [HURDLE, 8., 4.] chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; sleep