dray

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: drā, IPA: /dreɪ/, X-SAMPA: /dreI/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Etymology 1

Middle English draye, 1325-1375. Compare draeg- in Old English draegnet ("dragnet") and draġan (“to draw”).

Noun

dray (plural drays)

1. 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?)

2. A kind of sledge or sled.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Translations

horse-drawn cart

• Bulgarian: каруца (bg) (karuca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 運貨馬車 (cmn), 运货马车 (cmn) (yùnhuò mǎchē)

• Czech: valník (cs) m

• Finnish: rattaat (fi)
• Italian: carro (it) m, carretta (it) f
• Russian: телега (ru) (telega) f
• Spanish: carreta (es) f, carretón (es) m

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

dray (plural drays)

1. variant spelling of drey, The nest of a squirrel.

Anagrams

• adry
• yard, Yard