1. a person who drives a dray (a low cart without sides for carrying heavy loads)
Usage: historical

Examples

• The drayman loaded barrels of ale onto his cart.
• In the 1800s, a drayman was essential for transporting goods through city streets.
• The brewery employed several draymen to deliver beer to local taverns.
• The drayman’s horse was specially trained to pull heavy loads.
• Before trucks, draymen were the backbone of urban freight transport.
• The old drayman knew every shortcut through the narrow city lanes.