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DRAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dray mean?
• DRAY (noun)
The noun DRAY has 1 sense:
1. a low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage
Familiarity information: DRAY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
camion; dray
Hypernyms ("dray" is a kind of...):
horse-cart; horse cart (heavy cart; drawn by a horse; used for farm work)
Context examples
There was the old party what engaged me a-waitin' in the 'ouse at Purfleet. He 'elped me to lift the boxes and put them in the dray.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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