"drayful" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: drayfuls [plural]
Etymology: From dray + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dray|ful|pos=noun}} dray + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun}} drayful (plural drayfuls)
  1. (dated) Synonym of drayload. Tags: dated Synonyms: drayload [synonym, synonym-of]

Inflected forms

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