One propelled by hand.
1836. On the day after Dike’s overthrow, he was discovered on the banks of the river bound down upon a large hand sled! by a strong, cotton handkerchief.—Yale Lit. Mag., ii. 87 (Dec.). (Italics in the original.)
1842. Then commenced the delightful sport of sliding down hill, seated on a hand-sled—the boys on the front part, and the girls in the hinder part.—‘Lowell Offering,’ ii. 116.
1856. They have given us hand-sledges for our baggage.—Kane, ‘Arctic Exploration,’ ii. 249. (N.E.D.)
