The meaning of DRAY is a vehicle used to haul goods; especially : a strong cart or wagon without sides.
DRAY definition: a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads. See examples of dray used in a sentence.
dray, the heaviest type of dead-axle wagon used in conjunction with a team of draft animals. Drays were either of the two- or four-wheeled type and were employed most often in and about cities for the transport of heavy loads or objects such as large machines.
DRAY definition: 1. a large, low carriage with four wheels, pulled by horses 2. a large, low carriage with four…. Learn more.
- a low strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads. 2. any vehicle used to haul goods. 3. to convey on a dray; haul. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
A dray is a large flat cart with four wheels which is pulled by horses. All the horses were fine and the dray wasn't damaged. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun dray, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
/dreɪ/ IPA guide Other forms: drays Definitions of dray noun a low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage synonyms: camion
dray (plural drays) (historical) Any of various forms of low horse-drawn cart or wagon, often without sides or with removable sides, and used especially for heavy loads.