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draia

draia [ME draie] , ‘dray’, wheelless cart; cf. draga a. b dray-load. 1256 habeant ‥ annuatim meremium ad unam drayam faciendam (Fine) Reg. Exon. III 1586; 1312 in stipendio ejusdem [carpentarii] facientis ij drayas pro magnis petris ad molendinum de Hadl’ [Essex] cariandis ad siccam terram, ubi carette non potuerunt se carcare propter profunditatem marisci MinAc 843/3 (cf. ib.: pro petris ponendis super ij drayas ad molendinum ad car[iandum] usque siccam terram pro fluminibus, quousque carette possent advenire quando tempus siccabatur); 1370 in calce empta, xij d.; in una dreia empta, xiiij d.; in rastris, vj d. ob. Ac. Obed. Abingd. 17.  b c1235 prosternet et congregabit v dragias clausture pro j operatione (S. Weald) MFG.

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