dray
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As dozens of ships sat at anchor miles off the coast, awaiting their chance to unload, dray operators like Mr. Jackson idled for hours on land before they could enter port gates.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
Part of that effort is the Port of Seattle’s ongoing installation of shore power, having charging infrastructure for dray trucks and working to accommodate sustainable aviation fuels at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2021
It’s as if, instead of the Kentucky Derby, viewers were urged to enjoy the spectacle of thoroughbreds harnessed as dray horses.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 27, 2017
Construction is also more expensive than building on the mainland, since materials must be transported to the island by ferry and then to the building site by horse and dray.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2016
“One small step above a dray, and when it rains she—” The man cut him off with a sharp gesture.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
For many years Young's drays and horses were a familiar sight in Wandsworth, south-west London.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 9, 2011
He swept up, ran errands, weighed bags, and lifted them onto the drays.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
The gates were open, soldiers coming and going, drays rolling in empty and going out creaking and swaying under their loads.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Even the lords rode garrons or shaggy Harlaw ponies, and ox carts were more common than drays.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
He came to Wentworth Street, which ran north and south and clearly served as Englewood’s main commercial street, its pavement clotted with horses, drays, and phaetons.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
