Meaning & use
sledge
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A vehicle mounted on runners, used for traveling or hauling loads over snow or ice; also short for "sledgehammer."
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Explorers hauled their supplies across the ice on a wooden sledge.
He swung the sledge to break up the concrete slab.
A note on using this word
In British English, "sledge" is the general term for a sled; in cricket, "sledging" refers to the separate practice of taunting an opponent to unsettle them.
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