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dray

UK/dɹeɪ/ US/ˈdreɪ/ uncommon rare

noun

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a low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage

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From Middle English draye, dreye, from Old English dræġe (“dragnet”), from Proto-Germanic *dragǭ. Cognate with Middle Low German drāge (“stretcher; dray”), Middle High German trage (“a litter”). Related to Old English dragan (“to pull; draw”). More at draw.

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