dray
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dray¹
- /dɹeɪ/
Rhymes with -eɪ
Where it comes from
From Middle English draye, dreye, from Old English dræġe (“dragnet”), from Proto-Germanic *dragǭ. Cognate with Middle Low German drāge (“stretcher; dray”), Middle High German trage (“a litter”). Related to Old English dragan (“to pull; draw”). More at draw.
noun drays
- Any of various forms of low horse-drawn cart or wagon, often without sides or with removable sides, and used especially for heavy loads. Let him be brought into the field of election upon his dray-cart.
- A kind of sledge or sled.
verb drays · draying · drayed
- To convey (goods) by dray.
dray²
- /dɹeɪ/
Rhymes with -eɪ
Where it comes from
Unknown.
noun drays
- Alternative spelling of drey (“squirrel's nest”).
- A group of squirrels. He told how the herons always came at St. Valentine's to Felborough Wood and Chilham, and how the terns came in screaming gaggles when September was ending, and where the squirrels' drays were mostly found, and where he had seen a cete of badgers.
Dray³
proper noun Drays
- A surname.
Translations
Talk about this word "dray." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dray. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. dray. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dray "dray." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dray.Cite this
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