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Sleds

Scope note

Use for small vehicles consisting of a platform mounted on parallel runners for transporting goods or passengers over snow or ice and usually pulled by hand or operating by gravity; for similar, but usually more elaborate, vehicles used primarily for passengers and normally pulled by horses, use "sleighs" or, if pulled by dogs, use "dogsleds."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000216402

Broader Terms used

<runnered vehicles>

Term used for

sledges

Equivalent Terms used

sled

Created

13yrs ago

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