TOBOGGANING

tobogganing

(noun) riding on a long light sled with low handrails

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

tobogganing

present participle of toboggan

Noun

tobogganing (usually uncountable, plural tobogganings)

The use of toboggans, historically for transport, but now usually for pleasure or for organised sport.

Hyponyms

• luge

• skeleton (sport)

• bobsleigh / bobsledding

• tubing

Source: Wiktionary

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TOBOGGAN

To*bog"gan, n. Etym: [Corruption of American Indian odabagan a sled.]

Definition: A kind of sledge made of pliable board, turned up at one or both ends, used for coasting down hills or prepared inclined planes; also, a sleigh or sledge, to be drawn by dogs, or by hand, over soft and deep snow. [Written also tobogan, and tarbogan.]

To*bog"gan, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tobogganed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tobogganing.]

Definition: To slide down hill over the snow or ice on a toboggan. Barilett.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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