dray.
Any of various forms of low horse-drawn cart or wagon, often without sides or with removable sides, and used especially for heavy loads.
Meaning & usage
Any of various forms of low horse-drawn cart or wagon, often without sides or with removable sides, and used especially for heavy loads.
A kind of sledge or sled.
Where this word comes from
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.
To convey (goods) by dray.
Where this word comes from
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.
Alternative spelling of drey (“squirrel's nest”).
A group of squirrels.
Where this word comes from
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