Definition of "drays" [drays]

• Plural form of dray. (noun)

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• "On the Levee directly in front of her "drays" were depositing their last loads, passengers were hurrying forward hat-box in hand, in fear they might be too late; trunks, boxes, bags, and barrels were being rudely pushed or rolled over the staging-planks; the gaily-dressed clerks, armed with book and pencil, were checking them off; and everything denoted the intention of a speedy departure."
• "One child ran back to the classroom at the last minute to get something, and by the time he returned to the door, the drays could no longer be seen so low was the visibility."
• "Men in town realized the children needed to be taken home, and they appeared at the school with horse-drawn drays for safer conveyance."