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dray

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dray  (dr)
n.
A low, heavy cart without sides, used for haulage.
tr.v. drayed, dray·ing, drays
To haul by means of a low, heavy sideless cart.

[Middle English draie, sledge, cart, from Old English dragan, to draw.]

dray
Noun
a low cart used for carrying heavy loads [Old English dræge dragnet]

Dray of squirrels: the nest of a squirrel, hence, squirrels collectively, 1607.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.draydray - a low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage
horse cart, horse-cart - heavy cart; drawn by a horse; used for farm work


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He and Jerry had taken a party to the great railway station over London Bridge, and were coming back, somewhere between the bridge and the monument, when Jerry saw a brewer's empty dray coming along, drawn by two powerful horses.
I breakfasted on Saturday morning at the Waldorf, and though a great dray was driven into my carriage on the way to the boat, I escaped, as I always do - and here I am.
Some little effect may, perhaps, be attributed to the direct action of the external conditions of life, and some little to habit; but he would be a bold man who would account by such agencies for the differences of a dray and race horse, a greyhound and bloodhound, a carrier and tumbler pigeon.
 
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