dray
noun/dreɪ/
/dreɪ/
- a low flat vehicle pulled by horses and used in the past for carrying heavy loads, especially barrels of beerOxford Collocations DictionaryDray is used before these nouns:
- horse
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting ‘a sledge’): perhaps from Old English dræge ‘dragnet’, related to dragan ‘to pull’, of Germanic origin.Want to learn more?
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