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TOBOGGANING (Micmac Indian, tobaakan, sledge)

TOBOGGANING (See also:
MICMAC
Micmac See also:
INDIAN
Indian, tobaakan, sledge) , the See also:

SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

sport of sliding down See also:

SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

snow-covered hills and artificial See also:

ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice-shutes on the toboggan, a sled from 3 ft. to 8 ft. See also:

long and 2 ft. to 3 ft. wide, formed of strips of See also:

wood from , in. to 1, in. in width, fitted together and curved up at the front. The toboggan is not so well fitted for use on roads that are not steep or very smooth as is the sled provided with runners, but is generally used on open hills, or upon artificial courses (chutes), which are very popular in See also:

CANADA

Canada. For " Tobogganing," as known in the See also:

ENGADINE (Ger. Engadin; Ital. Engadina; Ladin, Engiadina)

Engadine See also:

winter resorts, see See also:

COASTING

COASTING.

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