toboggan

     

A toboggan is a simple sle used on snow, to carry one or more people (often children) down a hill or other slope, for recreation. Designs vary from simple, traditional models to modern engineered composites. A toboggan differs from most sleds or sleighs in that it has no runners or skis on the underside. The bottom of a toboggan rides directly on the snow. The Olympic version of this sport is bobsleigh, which extends the curved front of the toboggan to full sidewalls and includes runners. Some parks include designated toboggan hills where ordinary sleds are not allowed and which may include toboggan runs similar to bobsleigh courses.

Trivia about toboggan

  • This runnerless sled was first used by North American Indians to haul supplies & game over the snow
  • The name of this sled without runners is from a Micmac Indian word for "instrument for dragging"
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Antarctica--with penguins.) Penguins usually walk upright, but if in a hurry, flop on their bellies & push off with their flippers & feet, traveling in a way named for this Native American sled
  • It's all downhill for the object seen here
  • Let's have a race using this craft whose name comes from a Native American word for "sled"
  • Our word for this long, narrow runnerless type of sled comes from Canada's Micmac Indians

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