drayage
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English
The Wadworth Brewery dray in the town centre of Devizes, Wiltshire, England, UK, which still delivers beer to four pubs every weekday morning
Etymology
From dray (“a low horse-drawn cart”) + -age.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɹeɪ.ɪdʒ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: dray‧age
Noun
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
transportation by dray
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transportation over short distance
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Noun
drayage m (plural drayages)
- fleshing (of hides)