draynoun [ C ]
uk/dreɪ/us/dreɪ/a large, low carriage with four wheels, pulled by horses
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Carriages & carts
- brougham
- cab
- carriage
- cart
- chariot
- coach
- covered wagon
- dogcart
- dogsled
- gondola
- hansom cab
- horse float
- horse-drawn
- horsebox
- ox-drawn
- sedan chair
- surrey
- trap
- wagon
- wagon train
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Examples from literature
- A hundred times he had to step quickly to avoid hand truck, or dray, or laden wagon.
- Drays were provided to carry our luggage, but we ourselves had to walk.
- Everything was still on the streets except the clatter of the milk carts, and the early drays and huckster wagons.
- The clang of the trolleys, the rumble of the drays, the rushing of the people!
- The drays joined us early, having performed an immense distance yesterday.