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rully

rully is the alternative form of rulley.

Meaning of rulley

Noun

rulley (plural rulleys)

  1. (UK, Yorkshire) A four-wheeled horse- or tractor-drawn wagon, usually with low or non-existent sides, used for farm work, to carry goods and, on occasion, people. Fixed rear axle, turntable front axle.
    • When a trolley was fully loaded it was moved to a narrow platform (called a butting strip) against which rulleys [f]or the various town delivery districts were backed, and the goods were transferred from the trolley to the rulleys.1944 March and April, T. F. Cameron, “The Working of Marshalling Yards and Goods Sheds”, in Railway Magazine, page 85

Forms of rully

pluralrullies

Questions about rully

What is rully the alternative form of?
Rully is the alternative form of rulley.

Words near rully in the dictionary

  1. Rullis
  2. Rullo
  3. rullock
  4. rullocks
  5. Rullos
  6. rully
  7. Rulo
  8. Rulos
  9. ruly
  10. rum
  11. rum baba

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