drey

drey dray noun

Word Origin for drey C17: of unknown origin Examples from the Web for drey Historical Examples of drey

I remember a pair that made a hole in a beech near the tree my drey was in.

W. H. Hudson

There he had built what he called a nest, but what humans, with greater nicety of diction, call a drey.

Douglas English

The drey was eminently satisfactory, for, in the summer months, it was completely hidden.

Douglas English

Mr. Drey’s paper of thirty-four pages is published by Williams & Norgate, London.

Various

L—— from his Squirrel’s drey, not knowing what had happened, called out to me about the nest—that there was nothing in it.

Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion