snowhook

English

Etymology

From snow +‎ hook.

Noun

snowhook (plural snowhooks)

1. A hook used to anchor a sled to snow or ice.
   • 2013, Larry Kaniut, Tales from the Edge: True Adventures in Alaska:

     Leaving the ship, I lifted snowhooks and sledded over toward the Canadian border.

   • 2020 December 26, John Schandelmeier, “The first step in extracting your snowmachine from overflow: Avoid overflow”, in Anchorage Daily News‎^[1]:

     A dog sled snowhook works almost as well, though they are tougher to work in overflows.