noun
- a sled having two pairs of runners, a brake, and a steering wheel or other mechanism that enables the front rider to direct the sled down a steeply banked run or chute.
- a sled formed of two short sleds coupled one behind the other.
- either of the sleds thus coupled.
verb (used without object), bob·sled·ded, bob·sled·ding.
- to ride on a bobsled.
1839, from bob (n.2) + sled (n.). So called because it is a short type.