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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DRAY, n. [L.]
1. A low cart or carriage on wheels, drawn by a horse.
2. A sled.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage [syn: dray, camion]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English draye, a wheelless vehicle; akin to Old English dræge dragnet, dragan to pull — more at draw Date: 14th century a vehicle used to haul goods; especially a strong cart or wagon without sides II. transitive verb Date: 1857 to haul on a dray ; cart

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. 1 a low cart without sides for heavy loads, esp. beer-barrels. 2 Austral. & NZ a two-wheeled cart. Phrases and idioms: dray-horse a large, powerful horse. Etymology: ME f. OE dræge drag-net, dragan DRAW 2. var. of DREY.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dray Dray, n. A squirrel's nest. --Cowper.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dray Dray, n. [AS. dr[ae]ge a dragnet, fr. dragan. ????. See Draw, and cf. 2d Drag, 1st Dredge.] 1. A strong low cart or carriage used for heavy burdens. --Addison. 2. A kind of sledge or sled. --Halliwell. Dray cart, a dray. Dray horse, a heavy, strong horse used in drawing a dray.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(drays) A dray is a large flat cart with four wheels which is pulled by horses. N-COUNT