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
  • Autumn eats and beers are on the menu at restaurants and breweries around the city, and nearby farms host weekend events with corn mazes, wagon rides, and other family fun.
    — Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Subaru has completely abandoned the Outback's swoopy wagon profile for something taller, boxier, and more conventionally SUV-shaped.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of wagon
Noun
  • Contempt of cart The Amazon website is seen on a smart phone on July 14, 2019 in Orlando, Florida.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The carts are genuinely convenient, and nobody is directly forcing anything into your basket.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 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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