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droke|drəʊk, drʊk|
Also droch, drogue, drook.
[Of uncertain origin: see E.D.D. s.v. drock n.2 and droke n.]
a. W. Country dial. and Newfoundland. A furrow or groove; a ditch, a small watercourse; a (steep) narrow passageway; also, a valley.
1772G. Cartwright Jrnl. 28 Mar. (1792) I. 210, I then went over Lower Table to the Droke; where I observed much old slot of deer. 1848Jrnl. Newfoundland House of Assembly App. 299 Job's Cove Droke [Western Bay]. 1880M. A. Courtney Gloss. Words Cornwall 19/1 Droke, a wrinkle; a furrow; a passage. 1895J. Thomas Randigal Rhymes 6 A hoss, aw have got a great droke in his cheens [hindquarters]. 1907N. Duncan Cruise of Shining Light 269 Across the droch, lifted high above the maid and me,..stood John Cather. 1943N. & Q. 25 Sept. 202/1 Droke, narrow lane or passage between walls. E. Hants. (In W. of Eng. merely a groove or trench.) 1971E. R. Seary Place Names Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland viii. 146 In Newfoundland, Droke, Drook or Drogue seems to bear four meanings: a wooded, narrow valley; a belt or clump of trees; a narrow valley or gulch; a steep path.
b. Newfoundland. A belt, clump, or grove (of trees).
1822W. Wilson Newfoundland (1866) xiii. 331 Here and there a ‘droke’ of woods. 1881W. R. Kennedy Sporting Notes Newfoundland (ed. 2) 92 The country hereabouts was marshy, with belts or ‘drogues’ of wood. 1907J. G. Millais Newfoundland i. 12 The men made a comfortable camp in a ‘droke’ (belt) of spruce close to the water. 1944Saturday Night (Toronto) 22 Jan. 3/1 Ptarmigan sheltering in leafless drokes. 1980Evening Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) 8 Nov. 6 The moose are driven from the tucks and drokes far back into the country into the thick woods. |