A derivative of Old English dragan to draw: compare Old English dræge drag-net, also Swedish drög sledge, dray, (Old Norse draga, plural drögur timber trailed along the ground).
1.a. A sled or cart without wheels, formerly much used for dragging wood, turf, etc. Obs.
b. A sled used in dragging logs in the woods. Also attrib. and Comb. U.S.
2. ‘A little cart’ or car on wheels. Obs.
3.a. A low cart without sides used for carrying heavy loads: esp. that used by brewers.
"In February, Sunim bought the East Sixty-third Street property from the estate of Frank Catalano, a warehouse operator who had used the building for that purpose when he bought it, in 1952, for $64,250 from another warehouseman, named Frederick J. Shillinger, Jr., whose father had constructed the building, for twenty thousand dollars, in 1907. Schillinger, Sr., kept half a dozen dray horses in the basement, from which they were raised by freight elevator whenever they were needed to pull wagons laden with furniture, pianos, safes, or other cargo."
- Gay Talese, "Past lives", 25 July 2011 The New Yorker
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