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

Government authorities had refused to supply him with provisions or a bullock dray, so he was forced to stay with the very squatters whose conduct he was supposed to examine.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 22, 2019

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

The drone and clop of Mr. Cooper’s horse-drawn dray in the street outside used to awaken us in the dawn.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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

From The Guardian ● Aug. 9, 2011

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

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

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

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