dray

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. 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
3. Alternative spelling of drey (“squirrel's nest”).
   alt-of, alternative
4. A kind of sledge or sled.

Equivalents

Examples

“Let⟳ him be brought into the field of election upon his dray-cart.”

“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⟳”

“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.”

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