Pulk

//pʌlk// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A low-slung boatlike sled, used for man-hauling supplies across snow and ice.

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toboggan

Etymology

From Nordic languages: Norwegian pulk; Swedish pulka, Finnish pulkka, from Sami pul’hkē (compare Northern Sami bulki), from Proto-Samic *pulkkē.

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