单词 | drove road |
释义 | > as lemmasdrove 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. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [noun] > along which cattle are driven drovelOE drove way1235 driftway1611 drift1686 drove road1740 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. < as lemmas |
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