Etymology

dray

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Today it means: Any of various forms of low horse-drawn cart or wagon, often without sides or with removable sides, and used especially for heavy loads. Full definition →

Middle English draye ← Old English dræġe ← Proto-Germanic *dragǭ
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dray · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*dragǭ
  2. Old English · inherited fromdræġe“dragnet”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromdraye
  4. English todaydray

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.

dray · noun2

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