Dray

Quick meaning: Dray is a noun meaning A kind of sledge or sled.

Meaning

A kind of sledge or sled.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To convey (goods) by dray.
2. Alternative spelling of drey (“squirrel's nest”).
3. (historical) Any of various forms of low horse-drawn cart or wagon, often without sides or with removable sides, and used especially for heavy loads.

Example Sentences

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

The shooting motor cars, more like spiders in the moon than terrestrial objects, the thundering drays, the jingling hansoms, and little black broughams, made her think of the world she lived in.

Standing foursquare in the heart of the town, at the intersection of the two main streets, a “jog” at each street corner left around the market-house a little public square, which at this hour was well occupied by carts and wagons from the country and empty drays awaiting hire

Word Forms

• drays
• draying
• drayed

Synonyms for dray

Depending on context, synonyms include camion.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include camion, cart, dogcart, bullock, gon, drayman.

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