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pulk.

A low-slung boatlike sled, used for man-hauling supplies across snow and ice.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pʌlk//pʊlk//pulk/
  1. A low-slung boatlike sled, used for man-hauling supplies across snow and ice.

Where this word comes from

From Nordic languages: Norwegian pulk; Swedish pulka, Finnish pulkka, from Sami pul’hkē (compare Northern Sami bulki), from Proto-Samic *pulkkē.

noun/pʌlk/
  1. A pond or puddle; a small pool (especially of standing water)

    East-Anglia
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English polk, from pol (“pool”) + -ok (“-ock”, thus equivalent to pool + -ock), with shortening of /oː/ before /lk/.

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