noun
dray
Dray (noun) means a low cart pulled by a horse, sometimes with no sides, used mainly for carrying heavy goods.
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1
A low cart pulled by a horse, sometimes with no sides, used mainly for carrying heavy goods.
"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."
— Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out (1915)
2
A type of sledge.
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Etymology
Came into English via Middle English draye, dreye, from Old English dræġe, meaning ‘dragnet’, from Proto-Germanic *dragǭ. It is cognate with Middle Low German drāge, meaning ‘stretcher; dray’, and Middle High German trage, meaning ‘a litter’. It is related to Old English dragan, meaning ‘to pull; draw’. See also draw.
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What is the meaning of dray?
"dray" (noun) means a low cart pulled by a horse, sometimes with no sides, used mainly for carrying heavy goods.
What is another word for dray?
Other words for "dray" include camion.
What are the different meanings of dray?
"dray" has 2 main meanings: 1. A low cart pulled by a horse, sometimes with no sides, used mainly for carrying heavy goods; 2. A type of sledge.
