Toboggan

Definition

toboggan /tǝ'bɒgǝn/ n ဆီးႏွင္းဖံုးေသာ ဆင္ေျခေလွ်ာမ်ားတြင္စီးရေသာ ေပါ့ပါးသည့္စြတ္ဖားတစ္မ်ဳိး။ Compare SLEDGE v ယင္း စြတ္ဖားစီးသည္။ go tobogganing (down the hill).

Examples

1. ‘The day of the party promises mittens and hats
2. mufflers and ski pants
3. toboggans and sleds.’
4. ‘To stand on the footbridges that straddle the Run and look up the ice as riders on toboggans hurtle head-first beneath your feet at speeds of 120 km/h or better is to be awed by the boundlessness of human folly.’
5. ‘Fred tells him that he is interested in toboggans.’
6. ‘Beyond a small circle of knuckle draggers with a death wish
7. will aircraft-grade aluminum toboggans and such sell?’
8. ‘We have a moment to relax before joining a group for our evening activity - ‘bum sliding’ down the pistes on tiny toboggans.’
9. ‘We then load the blocks onto toboggans
10. haul them to the ice house
11. and stack and pack them with sawdust on all sides.’
12. ‘Rumour circulated the next day that some intrepids ventured up to the top of Bourke Street with toboggans in a midnight mission.’
13. ‘Next was on a toboggan: ‘Beware: sled may develop high speed under certain snow conditions.’’
14. ‘In snow
15. it drove like a toboggan
16. but with worse steering.’
17. ‘Bring an inner-tube or a roll-up toboggan or something
18. so if the pigs show up you can pull a fancy Batman escape
19. zipping down the east face
20. giggling like an imp.’
21. ‘The camp appeared kind of unearthly from a short distance away - two tiny bright yellow pyramid tents
22. four wooden sledges
23. and two shining orange toboggans in a vast sea of white
24. dwarfed by the awesome
25. dark brown brooding mountains.’
26. ‘They were digging holes to make ramps for their toboggans and causing serious damage.’
27. ‘However
28. it is not yet clear if the New Year will start on a sufficiently white note to allow children in the Republic to dust off their snowboards and toboggans.’
29. ‘This is the skeleton
30. so called because of the distinct appearance of the first metal toboggans.’
31. ‘At Pelican Creek
32. the men unhitched the dogs
33. rolled up their pants
34. took off their boots
35. picked up the toboggan with the calves
36. and waded across.’
37. ‘They brought him down the mountain on a toboggan.’
38. ‘Two smaller toboggans carried the rest of the gear.’
39. ‘Then
40. my daughter slid off the toboggan head first into a snow bank
41. and when I pulled her out she took from her mouth her first missing tooth.’
42. ‘What finally remains of the peaks of Monument Valley when the world goes to sleep
43. as men depart on their toboggans to live in the suburbs?’
44. ‘I always used to walk across the lake
45. skate on it
46. and even pull toboggans across it…’