Dray

Word DRAY
Character 4
Hyphenation dray
Pronunciations /dɹeɪ/

Definitions and meanings of "Dray"

What do we mean by dray?

A low, heavy cart without sides, used for haulage. noun

To haul by means of a dray. transitive verb

To carry or convey on a dray.

A squirrel's nest. Also written drey. noun

An obsolete variant of deray. noun

A low, strong cart with stout wheels, used for carrying heavy loads. Also called dray-cart. noun

A sledge; a sled; a rude sort of vehicle without wheels. noun

In forestry, a single sled used in dragging logs. One end of the log rests upon the sled. noun

A squirrel's nest. noun

A strong low cart or carriage used for heavy burdens. noun

A kind of sledge or sled. noun

A dray. noun

A heavy, strong horse used in drawing a dray. noun

A low horse-drawn cart, often without sides, and used especially for heavy loads. noun

A kind of sledge or sled. noun

Variant spelling of drey, The nest of a squirrel. noun

A low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage noun

A low horse-drawn cart, often without sides, and used especially for heavy loads.

A kind of sledge or sled.

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The word "dray" in example sentences

However, the word dray must be archaic now for all practical purposes. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Modeled after the big kids 'tractor pull, children ages 4-14 will pedal tractors pulling a dray, which is a weight. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I just discovered that a squirrel's nest is called a dray (4,160 Google hits) or drey (826). ❋ Unknown (2005)

Clarence called a dray, and had all Flora's things conveyed to the house he was fitting up as his residence. ❋ Oliver Optic (1859)

OK, realistically I don't move in any circles in which squirrels are discussed with any frequency, and I have no real evidence as to whether those who do would find "dray" current or archaic. ❋ Unknown (2005)

And yes here in England 'dray' is used quite commonly as the description of a squirrels' nest. ❋ Unknown (2005)

They were piled high with supplies and THE DAY OF TOR DISSONANCE yoked to two matched horned lizards apiece, the kind of dray animals who could handle smooth roads or rough trails with ease. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- (1984)

They were piled high with supplies and yoked to two matched horned lizards apiece, the kind of dray animals who could handle smooth roads or rough trails with ease. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- (1984)

Some, however, stayed to bring a kind of dray with them, and then, when these also had started, he could see Harry Scott moving slowly off in the waggon towards the town. ❋ Harry Coghill (1871)

"A dray is a low cart, not a creature, you ignorant monster. ❋ Anthony, Piers (1981)

Mr. Watt did research using draft animals and found that, under optimal conditions, a dray horse could lift 33,000 pounds one foot off the ground in one minute. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He and the co-host of his afternoon show, David Andrew (pronounced Da-veed An-dray-oo), explain that the “objective facts” are those reported by the police or city hall or some other official source. ❋ Unknown (2009)

From the theatre, we lost: Daniel, our doorkeeper; two stagehands; one of the dray horses not from plague, of course; Mary, the wig mistress; and Sue, our charwoman. ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)

Birdall, I remember, who had great draying interests, had turned loose three hundred dray horses. ❋ Unknown (2010)

To the last stumble of its stumbling end this dray horse must abide by the mandates of the lesser truth that is the truth of life and that makes life possible to persist. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This dray horse, like all other horses, like all other animals, including man, is life-blinded and sense-struck. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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