1. A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
   "Children rode a sledge down the snowy hill";
   - sled [N. Amer], sleigh
    
2. A heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
   "He used a sledge to split the logs for firewood";
   - maul, sledgehammer

1. Transport in a sleigh
   "They sledged supplies to the remote Arctic research station"
    
2. Ride in or travel with a sledge
   "the antarctic expedition sledged along the coastline"; "The children sledged all day by the lake"
    
3. Beat with a sledgehammer
   "They sledged the old concrete to break it up";
   - sledgehammer
    
4. (sport) ride (on) a sled
   "The children sledged down the snowy hill";
   - sled [N. Amer], sleigh

Derived forms: sledged, sledging, sledges

Type of: hammer, journey, ride, transport, travel, vehicle

Encyclopedia: Sledge, Rattle & Roll