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Gravity's oldest sports car, with no brakes and a long history of regret.
means A long, flat-bottomed sled, traditionally curved up at the front and used for sliding down snow-covered slopes.
from From Canadian French 'tabaganne,' itself borrowed from a word in Algonquian languages — likely Mi'kmaq 'topaĝan' or a close relative — meaning a sled or hand-drawn drag used to haul loads over snow. The word came to English through the French of eastern Canada, carrying with it the original Indigenous design: a frameless, runnerless sledge that floats on top of the snow rather than cutting through it.
- name origin
- From Mi'kmaq word for a wooden sled
- no runners
- Flat bottom, unlike steel-railed sleds
- olympic cousin
- Luge and skeleton evolved from sledding
- top speed
- Riders hit over 60 miles per hour
- second meaning
- In the South, it just means knit hat
cresta run — skeleton racing track in st. moritz, switzerland, built in 1884, one of the oldest bobsled runs in the world
calgary olympic park — bobsled and luge track in canada used for 1988 winter olympics, still operates as training facility and tourist attraction