dray

noun

Definition of draynext
as in wagonette

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Recent Examples of dray Wool had to be transported in drays by long trains of bullocks, and markets were far away and uncertain. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026 Mackinac Island Carriage Tours has Percheron and Belgian draft horses for carriage tours and dray services, the tourism bureau explained. — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 31 Oct. 2025 The situation is especially fraught for the nation’s 75,000 dray operators and other foot soldiers of the supply chain. — Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022 While bikes are permitted, the most efficient way to deliver packages are through dray wagon horse carriages. — Dixita Limbachia, Detroit Free Press, 13 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dray
  1. wagonette
  2. oxcart
  3. wagon
  4. cart
  5. spring wagon
Noun
  • Subaru’s decision to build the STI on the Impreza’s five-door wagonette body style rather than the sedan is easy to question, but ultimately tough to fault.
    — Matthew Phenix, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2008
Definition of wagonette
Noun
  • Six thousand years ago, one of the primary modes of transportation was the oxcart.
    — John Curtis, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Oxcart Painting In Costa Rica At El Silencio Lodge and Spa, guests can learn how to paint Costa Rica’s colorful oxcart from a local artisan named Kenneth.
    — Emese Maczko, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of oxcart
Noun
  • She has just been released from rehab after falling off the wagon and spends much of her day either sleeping or recovering from bad dreams of being chased by Nazis.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The same thing can happen here where SpaceX will sell something that’ll probably rely on other assets that are out there, even if the telcos themselves are circling the wagons.
    — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of wagon
Noun
  • The company said the cart helps consumers organize their shopping while keeping track of favorite items.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026
  • This system, Jack said, had replaced an old method in which a person pushed the wafers in a cart.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of cart
Noun
  • Leona spoke about her brother Vernon, three years older than her, who was thrown off a spring wagon at age nine, his body bleeding and shattered from the impact.
    — Eythana Miller, The Dial, 23 June 2026
Definition of spring wagon

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