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dray(dictionary)

dray (iou)



dray noun1 & verb. LME.

A. noun.
A cart without wheels, a sledge. Now dial. & US. LME.
A low cart without sides used esp. by brewers for carrying heavy loads. (Earliest in drayman.) L16.
A two-wheeled cart. Austral. & NZ. E19.
Comb.: dray-cart = senses 1, 2 above; dray-horse a large strong horse used for pulling a dray; drayman the driver of a dray, esp. a brewer's driver; dray-road, dray-track (chiefly Austral. & NZ) a road or track used chiefly by drays, a narrow track.
b. verb trans. Convey by dray; bring up or in by dray. M19.
drayage noun (a) conveyance by dray; (b) the charge for this: L18.