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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.]
dray1
n
1. (Engineering / General Engineering)
a.  a low cart without fixed sides, used for carrying heavy loads
b.  (in combination) a drayman
2. (Engineering / General Engineering) any other vehicle or sledge used to carry a heavy load
[Old English dræge dragnet; related to Old Norse draga load of timber carried on horseback and trailing on the ground; see draw]
dray2
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) a variant spelling of drey
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
camion
horse cart, horse-cart - heavy cart; drawn by a horse; used for farm work
Translations
dray [dreɪ] N → carro m pesado
dray
n → Rollwagen f
dray:
drayhorse
n → Zugpferd nt; (in brewery) → Brauereipferd nt
drayman
n → Rollkutscher m


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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.
Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context
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.
The Yellow Crayon by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
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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