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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.

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Meaning & usage

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

    historical
  2. 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.

verb/dɹeɪ/
  1. To convey (goods) by dray.

    transitive
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.

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

    alt-of · alternative
  2. A group of squirrels.

    collective · rare
Where this word comes from

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