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TOBOGGANING
tobogganing
(noun) riding on a long light sled with low handrails
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
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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