drays
- plural of dray.
Example Sentences
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For many years Young's drays and horses were a familiar sight in Wandsworth, south-west London.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 9, 2011
Horse-drawn streetcars moved east and west along Sixty-third, amid a dense traffic of carriages and drays.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
He came to Wentworth Street, which ran north and south and clearly served as Englewood’s main commercial street, its pavement clotted with horses, drays, and phaetons.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Olmsted in particular felt the pressure but also felt hobbled by the persistent delays in installation of exhibits and the damage done by the repeated comings and goings of drays and freight cars.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
The gates were open, soldiers coming and going, drays rolling in empty and going out creaking and swaying under their loads.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
