draymen
Heavy cargo haulers
Draymen is the plural of drayman—a person who drives a dray, a low flatbed cart used for hauling heavy loads.
Before motorized trucks, draymen transported goods from docks and railway stations to warehouses and shops: The draymen unloaded barrels of ale at the tavern.
The term now appears mainly in historical contexts.
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- aleWarm-fermented malt drink
- barrelsCylindrical storage vessels
- breweriesBeer production facilities
- tavernsPublic drinking houses
cobblestone · Victorian · Georgian · stables · livery · harness · reins · whip
horse-drawn
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taverns · cobblestone · Victorian · Georgian · stables · livery · harness · reins · whip · aprons
wagons
Pulled four-wheeled vehicles
haulage · deliveries · goods · cargo · routes · streets · depots · yards · loads · consignment
loading
Adding weight or cargo
- unloadingRemoving contents from carrier
- haulingTransporting heavy items
- liftingRaising something heavy
barrels · casks · hoisting · rolling · manual · physical · strength · muscle · sweat · effort
draymenlongshoremen
Waterfront cargo laborers
stevedores · warehousemen · teamsters · railwaymen · bargemen
draymenlongshoremen
Waterfront cargo laborers
stevedores · dock workers · loaders · unloaders · stockmen