verb
- past tense and past participle of dray; transported goods on a dray (a low cart without sides for heavy loads)
Usage: chiefly historical or commercial
Examples
- The brewery drayed barrels of beer to the tavern every morning.
- Heavy machinery was drayed across the construction site.
- In the 19th century, goods were often drayed through city streets.
- The company drayed the furniture to the warehouse before dawn.