English Explanatory Dictionary

dray

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various forms of low horse-drawn cart or wagon, often without sides or with removable sides, and used especially for heavy loads.
  2. A kind of sledge or sled.
verb
  1. To convey (goods) by dray.
noun
  1. Alternative spelling of drey (“squirrel's nest”).
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

drā /dɹeɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dray.wav

Word forms

dray drays draying drayed

Etymology

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.

Related words

flatbed stakebody

Derived words

dragnet drayage drayful drayhorse drayload drayman drayperson draywoman
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