drayage
English
WOTD – 24 June 2017
The Wadworth Brewery dray in the town centre of Devizes, Wiltshire, England, UK, which still delivers beer to four pubs every weekday morning
An intermodal or shipping container being transported by flatbed lorry in Manila, Philippines
Etymology
dray (“a low horse-drawn cart”) + -age.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɹeɪ.ɪdʒ/
Audio (RP) (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.
Related terms
- dray
- drayman
Translations
transportation by dray
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transportation over short distance
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Further reading
drayage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- day-ager, yardage
French
Noun
drayage m (plural drayages)
- fleshing (of hides)