dray

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

Holmes called upon an Englewood resident named Cephas Humphrey, who owned his own team and dray and made a living transporting furniture, crates, and other large objects from place to place.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

For many years Young's drays and horses were a familiar sight in Wandsworth, south-west London.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 9, 2011

Olmsted in particular felt the pressure but also felt hobbled by the persistent delays in installation of exhibits and the damage done by the repeated comings and goings of drays and freight cars.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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

Horse-drawn streetcars moved east and west along Sixty-third, amid a dense traffic of carriages and drays.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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