Toboggan

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Toboggan \To*bog"gan\, n. [Corruption of American Indian
     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}.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Toboggan \To*bog"gan\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tobogganed}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Tobogganing}.]
     To slide down hill over the snow or ice on a toboggan.
     --Barilett.
     [1913 Webster] Tobogganer

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  toboggan
       n : a long narrow sled without runners; boards curve upward in
           front
       v : move along on a luge or toboggan [syn: {luge}]