Drays

On the Levee directly in front of her "drays" were depositing their last loads, passengers were hurrying forward hat-box in hand, in fear they might be too late; trunks, boxes, bags, and barrels were being rudely pushed or rolled over the staging-planks; the gaily-dressed clerks, armed with book and pencil, were checking them off; and everything denoted the intention of a speedy departure. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

Men in town realized the children needed to be taken home, and they appeared at the school with horse-drawn drays for safer conveyance. ❋ Kate Kelly (2011)

One child ran back to the classroom at the last minute to get something, and by the time he returned to the door, the drays could no longer be seen so low was the visibility. ❋ Kate Kelly (2011)

The sidewalks were lined with packing cases of books and drays being loaded with more books. ❋ Susan Cheever (2010)

Porters loading and hurrying away and returning to their drays against the swell and tide of hundreds engaged in the same task. ❋ Posie Graeme-Evans (2010)

And a stream of drays brought ice, boxed and packed in straw, and all manner of delicacies that the overworked kitchens and gardens of Shene could not supply. ❋ Posie Graeme-Evans (2010)

Holdless men, their families crowded into wheeled carts or drays, arrived in a fairly steady stream. ❋ Christian Bell (2010)

Glenda, do the squirrels behave like the squirrels we know, or are their behaviours different, i.e. burying acorns, making drays in trees, etc. etc. ❋ Glenda Larke (2009)

The men massed upon the drays allowed themselves to be jolted along in silence. ❋ Unknown (2008)

By the time the sun cast its first light over the plains, Alfred was out with the two drays and a wagon, searching for Sage. ❋ Barbara Wright (2007)

He loaded up the hay rack on the sled and hitched up the two drays. ❋ Barbara Wright (2007)

By the time she had brushed and pinned her hair, the drays were gone. ❋ Unknown (2005)

In a strange reverse of the burial process, he dug around the horse until the weight of the dirt was reduced enough for the drays to pull Sage out. ❋ Barbara Wright (2007)

There were the usual entanglement and noise of carts, drays, omnibuses, waggons, and foot passengers, but the misfortune that had fallen on the wooden Midshipman made it strange and new. ❋ Unknown (2007)

On D Street there was no need for alarm clocks: the drays, ever punctual, were an army storming the gates of sleep. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Young farmers, many of them dressed in the extreme of the fashion of Young America, were dashing about in their light waggons, driving tandem or span; heavily laden drays were proceeding at a slower speed; and all this traffic was carried on under the shade of fine trees. ❋ Unknown (2007)

At all hours, it was a hopeless confusion of traffic with wheelbarrows; horse-drawn wagons, drays, and carriages; and pedestrians all vying noisily for passage. ❋ Ron Soodalter (2007)

Harry drew up outside the house on Cavendish Square and looked with interest at the open front door, the loaded drays lining the pavement in front, the bustle of workmen moving in and out with ladders, buckets of paint, lengths of wood. ❋ Jane Feather (2007)