meaning of droves
1. of Drive.
2. A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body.
3. Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as, a finny drove.
4. A crowd of people in motion.
5. A road for driving cattle; a driftway.
6. A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
7. A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; -- called also drove chisel.
8. The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; -- called also drove work.
9. of Drive
10. a stonemasons chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone
Related Words
drove | drove chisel | droven | drover | drovy |
