pulkka — meaning in English
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English meaning
- toboggan noun A long, low sled with no runners and a curled-up front end, pulled by a cord or used for sliding downhill on snow.
Senses
pulkka is used for these senses in English:
- tally stick (historical) A bone, or piece of wood, on which notches or scores are cut, as the marks of number, for account keeping.
- toboggan A long sled without runners, with the front end curled upwards, which may be pulled across snow by a cord or used to coast down hills.
toboggan — full definition
- noun A long, low sled with no runners and a curled-up front end, pulled by a cord or used for sliding downhill on snow.
- noun A wooden sled of the same kind, sometimes fitted with steel runners, that dogs pull to carry loads.
- noun Something that, once it figuratively begins to decline, cannot be stopped until it hits bottom.
- noun A knitted hat worn to keep the head warm in cold weather.
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