kicksled
A type of small sled consisting of a handlebar mounted on a pair of flexible metal runnersA type of small sled consisting of a handlebar mounted on a pair of flexible metal runners. The driver stands on the runners and kicks the sled forward with one foot. In front of the handlebar there's often a seat for a passenger.
Meaning
1 sensesA type of small sled consisting of a handlebar mounted on a pair of flexible metal runners. The driver stands on the runners and kicks the sled forward with one foot. In front of the handlebar there's often a seat for a passenger.
Tretschlitten
са́нкиsánki, фи́нские са́нкиfínskije sánki
Translations
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Origin
Calque of Finnish potkukelkka (“kick sled”), equivalent to kick + sled. This term possiblyCalque of Finnish potkukelkka (“kick sled”), equivalent to kick + sled. This term possibly because arose the device appears to be first introduced to larger American audience in the form kick-sled in the Feb. 26th 1940 issue of the Life magazine in a story of the Finnish Winter War.
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