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dray - What does it mean?

Definition of 'dray'

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) draye, 1325-1375. Compare .

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A low horse-drawn cart, often without sides, and used especially for heavy loads.
  • * 1900 , , Chapter I,
  • Standing foursquare in the heart of the town, at the intersection of the two main streets, a "jog" at each street corner left around the market-house a little public square, which at this hour was well occupied by carts and wagons from the country and empty drays awaiting hire
    (Addison)
  • A kind of sledge or sled.
  • (Halliwell)

    Etymology 2

    Unknown

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • variant spelling of drey , The nest of a squirrel.
  • Similar to 'dray'

    dry, dairy, drey, diary, dowry, dory, durry, deary, dyery, deray