sledge 1
/slej/ , n. , v. , sledged, sledging .
n.
1. a vehicle of various forms, mounted on runners and often drawn by draft animals, used for traveling or for conveying loads over snow, ice, rough ground, etc.
2. a sled.
3. Brit. a sleigh.
v.t. , v.i.
4. to convey or travel by sledge.
v.i.
5. Brit. to sleigh.
[ 1595-1605; sleeds, deriv. of slede SLED; cf. SLEIGH ]
sledge 2
/slej/ , n., v.t., v.i., sledged, sledging .
sledgehammer (defs. 1, 2).
[ bef. 1000; ME slegge, OE slecg; c. D slegge, ON sleggja; akin to SLAY ]