# dray

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɹeɪ/ · frequency rank #56,714

## Definitions
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.

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dray