Tobogan

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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]