dray
pronunciation
How to pronounce dray in British English:
UK [dreɪ]
How to pronounce dray in American English:
US [dre]
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- Noun:
- a low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage
Word Origin
- dray
- dray: see draw
- dray (n.)
- mid-14c., Middle English noun derivative of Old English dragan "to draw," originally meaning a cart without wheels that has to be "dragged" (compare Old Norse draga "timber dragged behind a horse"); see drag (v.).
Example
- 1. A dray is a type of horse-drawn vehicle .
- 2. But , according to philip dray , this was not always or necessarily so .
- 3. As a consequence , in mr dray 's view , unions have lost their reformist zeal .
- 4. The sparrow upon the wire , the cat in the doorway , the dray horse tugging his weary load , feel the long , keen breaths of winter .