Meaning

noun a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow

verb ride (on) a sled

originFrom Middle English sledde, from Middle Dutch sledde or Middle Low German sledde (compare Dutch slee, slede, Low German Sleden), from Proto-Germanic *slidô (compare Saterland Frisian sliede, German Schlitten, Norwegian slede). Doublet of sleigh; also related to slide.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0