tobogganing

Etymology

verb

1. present participle and gerund of toboggan
   1902: Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice, Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch A cascade of small, indignant girls were tobogganing sidewise down the incline.
   1916: William John Thomas, (John) Doran, Henry Frederick Turle, Joseph Knight, Vernon Horace Rendall, Florence Hayllar, Notes and Queries I froze my toes some years ago, while tobogganing, and was unaware of it until I took off my shoe and walked across the room, when the unusual noise on the boards attracted my attention.
   I can't win, can I? You think I'm posh and my folks think I'm tobogganing down-market faster than the royal family. 2006, Keith Dixon, Altered Life

noun

1. The use of toboggans, historically for transport, but now usually for pleasure or for organised sport.
   1876: Elisée Reclus, Ernest George Ravenstein, A. H. (Augustus Henry) Keane, The Earth and Its Inhabitants: The Universal Geography As elsewhere in Canada, winter is the festive season, given up to sledging, skating, "tobogganning," and other outdoor exhilarating amusements.
   Today's Olympic sport called luge is a form of tobogganing. 2004, Natalie M Rosinsky, The Algonquin
   There are many winter activities if skiing or snowboarding aren't on your list — guided scenic motorcoach tours, horse-drawn sleigh rides, Johnston Canyon icewalks, ice-fishing, snowshoeing, skating, tobogganing, and more. 2006, Brenda Koller, The Canadian Rockies Adventure Guide