drayage

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English[edit]

The Wadworth Brewery dray in the town centre of Devizes, Wiltshire, England, UK, which still delivers beer to four pubs every weekday morning

Etymology[edit]

dray (a low horse-drawn cart) +‎ -age.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɹeɪ.ɪdʒ/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: dray‧age

Noun[edit]

drayage (countable and uncountable, plural drayages)

  1. Transportation by dray.
  2. (by extension) The transport of goods over a short distance, particularly from a terminal such as an ocean port to another destination, usually as part of a longer transportation of the goods.
  3. A fee paid for the provision of such transportation.

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drayage m (plural drayages)

  1. fleshing (of hides)