drayage
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/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: dray‧age
Noun edit
drayage (countable and uncountable, plural drayages)
- Transportation by dray.
- (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.
- A fee paid for the provision of such transportation.
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Translations edit
transportation by dray
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transportation over short distance
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Noun edit
drayage m (plural drayages)
- fleshing (of hides)