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单词 drove road
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drove road
drove road n. a road or track formerly used for driving cattle or other livestock, and having free right of way for this; cf. sense 2a.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [noun] > along which cattle are driven
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1740 Stamford Mercury 10 Apr. (advt.) A very good Grasing Farm... Fit for a Grasier, or any person who has a mind to take in Drove Cattle, the Drove Road out of Yorkshire and other Places adjacent lying between the Grounds.
1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 14 189 The drove-road passed at no great distance.
1895 Daily News 1 Oct. 6/3 The drove road in Southern Scotland is the way once used by drovers..from the extreme north.
2000 J. Burnett Riot, Revelry & Rout vi. 120 At Selkirk a drove road passed one end of the racecourse.
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