dray (redirected from drayed)

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.

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

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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]

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dray²

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) a variant spelling of drey

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Dray of squirrels: the nest of a squirrel, hence, squirrels collectively, 1607.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

dray - 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

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dray:

drayhorse

n → Zugpferd nt; (in brewery) → Brauereipferd nt

drayman

n → Rollkutscher m