dray

Meaning

Noun

• A low horse-drawn cart, often without sides, and used especially for heavy loads.
• A kind of sledge or sled.
• Alternate spelling of drey, the nest of a squirrel.

Origin

• From Middle English draye, dreye, from Old English dræġe, from Proto-Germanic *dragǭ. Cognate with Middle Low German drāge, Middle High German trage. Related to Old English dragan. More at draw.
• Unknown.