Rulley

Quick meaning: Rulley is a noun meaning (UK, Yorkshire) A four-wheeled horse- or tractor-drawn wagon, usually with low or non-existent sides, used for farm work, to carry goods and, on occasion, people. Fixed rear axle, turntable front axle.

Meaning

(UK, Yorkshire) A four-wheeled horse- or tractor-drawn wagon, usually with low or non-existent sides, used for farm work, to carry goods and, on occasion, people. Fixed rear axle, turntable front axle.

Example Sentences

When a trolley was fully loaded it was moved to a narrow platform (called a butting strip) against which rulleys [f]or the various town delivery districts were backed, and the goods were transferred from the trolley to the rulleys.

We picked up the Ellerbecks at the Station — as Chapel Steward he'd been kept a seat at Mr Dowthwaite's right hand on the first rulley — then on to town where market day slowed us to a walk and, sometimes, a halt, as other wagons manoeuvred on the cobbled square.

Word Forms

• rulleys
• rully

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rully, rulleyman, rolly, rumbler, rickshaw, rattler.

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