sledging
Word-form referencessledge
Noun
The act of using a sledge to travel over snow.
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In 1831 the naval officer James Clark Ross led the British effort north by sledging out from his ice-bound ship, HMS Victory; after several weeks travelling with Inuit companions he succeeded in finding his compass needle sitting upright.
The act of using a sledgehammer to bend or crush an object.
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It is necessary, therefore, to force the ends to the proper curvature, either by sledging, or by some other equivalent means;
The practice of a fielder making insulting or comical references to an opposition batsman with the aim of distracting the batter.
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Mind you, Wally wasn't bad at the sledging caper himself.
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sledgings