dray

Meaning

1. Any of various forms of low horse-drawn cart or wagon, often without sides or with removable sides, and used especially for heavy loads.
2. A kind of sledge or sled.

Synonyms

cart

wagon

covered wagon

camion

gig

go-cart

limber

pusher

rig

coaster wagon

trumbrel

draft

buggy

draught

carriage

draft

draught

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɹeɪ/

Etymology

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.