an ordinary cart for goods. See quotation, 1872.
1833. C. Sturt, `Southern Australia,' vol. i. Intro. p. xlix:
«They send their produce to the market . . . receiving suppliesfor home consumption on the return of their drays or carts fromthence.»
1872. C. H. Eden, «My Wife and I in Queensland,' p. 31:
«A horse dray, as known in Australia, is by no means theenormous thing its name would signify, but simply an ordinarycart on two wheels without springs.» [There are alsospring-drays.]
1886. H. C. Kendall, `Poems,' p. 41:
«One told by camp fires when the station drays
Were housed and hidden, forty years ago.»