sled

name

1. Abbreviation of South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.

   ““Chief Justice John W. Kittredge is aware of an incident involving Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein. At this time, SLED is on the scene and will begin investigating as soon as the fire has been contained,” the court said Saturday in the statement.”

noun

Etymology: From Middle English sledde, from Middle Dutch sledde or Middle Low German sledde (compare Dutch slee, slede, Low German Sleden), from Proto-Germanic *slidô (compare Saterland Frisian sliede, German Schlitten, Norwegian slede). Doublet of sleigh; also related to slide.

1. A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills; no draft animal pulls it.

   “The child zoomed down the hill on his sled.”

2. A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice, and often pulled by sled dogs.

   “"Mush!" he yelled at the dogs pulling the sled.”

3. A snowmobile.

   “We saw them go by on their sleds this afternoon, headed toward their grandfather's quarter section.”

4. A car (automobile) or truck, usually called so with the implication of sledlike traits: heavy, low-slung, and prone to going fast but not braking or cornering particularly well.

   “Near-synonyms: land yacht, boat”

   “He was a bit reckless and frankly we were nervous about riding with him in that big old sled of his, a Cadillac with a V-8.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English sledde, from Middle Dutch sledde or Middle Low German sledde (compare Dutch slee, slede, Low German Sleden), from Proto-Germanic *slidô (compare Saterland Frisian sliede, German Schlitten, Norwegian slede). Doublet of sleigh; also related to slide.

1. To ride a sled.
2. To convey on a sled.