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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
  • 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
  • Small-scale looters, sometimes with the help of local military personnel, would remove the works with shovels, chisels, picks and even dynamite before transporting them, often by oxcart, to the Thai border.
    — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
Definition of oxcart
Noun
  • It was named after a type of covered wagon that used to transport American settlers westward to the new frontier during the 19th century.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The Outback is a midsize SUV that has the utility of a wagon.
    — Charles Singh, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of wagon
Noun
  • Good Spirits Everyone should have a copy of this book on their bar cart.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Some of the figures were arranged together on rolling carts, others stood alone, and many were toppled over in the dust as a result of the previous week’s chaos.
    — Jesse McLaren, Vulture, 11 Sep. 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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“Dray.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dray. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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