| 释义 |
† ˈforedrove Obs.
[f. fore- prefix + drove.]
An animal or animals driven before the corpse at a funeral, a corse-present or mortuary.
1504Will of J. Osburne in Trans. Essex Archæol. Soc. Ser. ii. I. 167, I bequeth ij shepe of a yere age for my fore Drove. 1536Will of W. Perte ibid. 168 A shepe price ijs. which I will shall be dreven before me in the day of my buryall for a foredrove. |