dray
noun
a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
drays
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pluralof dray.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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
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
Even the lords rode garrons or shaggy Harlaw ponies, and ox carts were more common than drays.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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
