Dray

//dɹeɪ// name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various forms of low horse-drawn cart or wagon, often without sides or with removable sides, and used especially for heavy loads. historical

    "Let him be brought into the field of election upon his dray-cart."

  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of drey (“squirrel's nest”). alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    a low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage wordnet
  4. 4
    A kind of sledge or sled.
Verb
  1. 1
    To convey (goods) by dray. transitive
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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bargeboatbuscamioncaravancarriage

Example

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"Let him be brought into the field of election upon his dray-cart."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English draye, dreye, from Old English dræġe (“dragnet”), from Proto-Germanic *dragǭ. Cognate with Middle Low German drāge (“stretcher; dray”), Middle High German trage (“a litter”). Related to Old English dragan (“to pull; draw”). More at draw.

Etymology 2

Unknown.

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