1. n.1 a low cart without sides for heavy loads, esp. beer-barrels.
2 Austral. & NZ a two-wheeled cart.
Phrases and idioms:
dray-horse a large, powerful horse.
Etymology: ME f. OE dr{aelig}ge drag-net, dragan DRAW 2.var. of DREY.
1. n.1 a low cart without sides for heavy loads, esp. beer-barrels.
2 Austral. & NZ a two-wheeled cart.
Phrases and idioms:
dray-horse a large, powerful horse.
Etymology: ME f. OE dr{aelig}ge drag-net, dragan DRAW 2.var. of DREY.
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012