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Sleighs

Scope note

Light vehicles on parallel runners, usually having seats and usually open and horse-drawn, for carrying passengers over snow and ice; for similar, but simpler, vehicles for transporting goods or passengers by hand or gravity, use "sleds."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000212882

Broader Terms used

<runnered vehicles>

Narrower Terms used

cutters (sleighs)
booby huts

Equivalent Terms used

sleigh

Created

13yrs ago

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