3. A crowd of people in motion. Where droves, as at a city gate, may pass. Dryden.
4. A road for driving cattle; a driftway. [Eng.]
5. (Agric.)
Defn: A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
Simmonds.
6. (Masonry) (a) A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; — called also drove chisel. (b) The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; — called also drove work.
DROVEN
Dro"ven, p. p.
Defn: of Drive. [Obs.]
DROVER
Dro"ver, n.
1. One who drives cattle or sheep to market; one who makes it his business to purchase cattle, and drive them to market. Why, that's spoken like an honest drover; so they sell bullocks. Shak.
2. A boat driven by the tide. [Obs.] Spenser.