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Webster 1913 Edition
Dray
Dray
,Noun.
A squirrel’s nest.
Cowper.
Dray
,Noun.
1.
A strong low cart or carriage used for heavy burdens.
Addison.
2.
A kind of sledge or sled.
Halliwell.
Dray cart
, a dray.
– Dray horse
, a heavy, strong horse used in drawing a dray.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dray
DRAY
,Noun.
1.
A low cart or carriage on wheels, drawn by a horse.2.
A sled.Definition 2024
dray
dray
English
Noun
dray (plural drays)
- A low horse-drawn cart, often without sides, and used especially for heavy loads.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, 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
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Addison to this entry?)
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- A kind of sledge or sled.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
Translations
horse-drawn cart
Etymology 2
Unknown
Noun
dray (plural drays)