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Definition of Tobogganing
1. Noun. Riding on a long light sled with low handrails.
Definition of Tobogganing
1. Verb. (present participle of toboggan#Verb toboggan) ¹
2. Noun. the use of toboggans, historically for transport, but now usually for pleasure or for organised sport. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tobogganing
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tobogganing
Literary usage of Tobogganing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Selections from Strabo: With an Introduction on Strabo's Life and Works by Strabo, Henry Fanshawe Tozer (1893)
"THE CAUCASUS ; USE 'OF CRAMPONS, AND tobogganing. (XI. 2. 15; 6.6.) Strabo's
authority for the countries between the Euxine and the Caspian was Theophanes, ..."
2. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Supplementary Volume[s]. by John Lawson Stoddard (1902)
"tobogganing down slopes of glittering ice; skating upon the glassy pavement laid
so deftly by the Frost King over pond and stream; swept by the wind at ..."
3. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1902)
"tobogganing down slopes of glittering ice; skating upon the glassy pavement laid
so deftly by the Frost King over pond and stream; swept by the wind at ..."
4. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the by John Lawson Stoddard (1902)
"tobogganing down slopes of glittering ice ; skating upon the glassy pavement laid
so deftly by the Frost King over pond and stream ; swept by the wind at ..."
5. Henry Irving's Impressions of America by Joseph Hatton (1884)
"Lake Ontario — Canadian Pastimes — tobogganing — On an Ice Slide — "Shooting
Niagara, and After"—Toronto Students — Dressing for the Theatre — " God Save ..."
6. Natural History of Hawaii: Being an Account of the Hawaiian People, the by William Alanson Bryan (1915)
"... tobogganing." It consisted in sliding down hill over carefully prepared slides,
a few yards in width, on a long, double-runner sled. ..."
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