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dray

noun
/dɹeɪ/

Etymology

From Middle English draye, dreye, from Old English dræġe (“dragnet”), from Proto-Germanic *dragǭ. Cognate with Middle Low German drāge (“stretcher; dray”), Middle High German trage (“a litter”). Related to Old English dragan (“to pull; draw”). More at draw.

  1. inherited from *dragǭ✻
  2. inherited from dræġe — “dragnet”
  3. inherited from draye

Definitions

  1. Any of various forms of low horse-drawn cart or wagon, often without sides or with…

    Any of various forms of low horse-drawn cart or wagon, often without sides or with removable sides, and used especially for heavy loads.

    • Let him be brought into the field of election upon his dray-cart.
    • 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.

  2. A kind of sledge or sled.

  3. To convey (goods) by dray.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Alternative spelling of drey (“squirrel's nest”).

    2. A surname.

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Derived

dragnet, drayage, drayful, drayhorse, drayload, drayman, drayperson, draywoman

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA