Toboggan
toboggan (?), n. (Corruption of AmericanIndian odabagan a sled.) 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.)
toboggan (?), v. i. (imp. p. pr. & vb. n.
Tobogganing.) To slide down hill over the snow or ice on a
toboggan. Barilett.
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