Definitions for sleighs

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sleighs sleigh

Spelling: [sley]

IPA: /sleɪ/

Sleighs is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 96 anagrams from letters in sleighs (eghilss).

Definitions for sleighs

noun

1. a light vehicle on runners, usually open and generally horse-drawn, used especially for transporting persons over snow or ice.
2. a sled.
3. the reed of a loom.
4. the warp count in woven fabrics.
5. British. the lay of a loom.

verb (used with object)

1. to draw (warp ends) through the heddle eyes of the harness or through the dents of the reed in accordance with a given plan for weaving a fabric.

verb (used without object)

1. to travel or ride in a sleigh.

noun, verb (used with object)

1. sley.

Origin of sleighs

1690-1700, Americanism; Dutch slee, variant of slede sled; cf. slide

Examples for sleighs

In “sleigh Ride,” the narrator is painting a scene so perfect that it could be featured on an iconic Currier and Ives print.

After wandering at haphazard some little way I met a peasant in a sleigh.

The light of that speech was in her eyes when she went out to the sleigh again.

He was stricken dumb with astonishment on seeing who was in the sleigh.

He was throwing back the robe to leap from the sleigh when the figure reached him.

Yes, the future lawmaker built up a full-service Santa business with a sleigh pulled by real reindeer.

On the 10th of March, 1809, the sleigh and its load entered Cleveland.

After Dan's departure in the sleigh, Tom wandered about restlessly.

It is intended for two; won't you step out of the sleigh into the cutter?

He drew up in the first bay and awaited the approach of the sleigh.