To herd cattle; particularly over a long distance.
To finish (stone) with a drove chisel.
simple past tense of drive
A cattle drive or the herd being driven by it; thus, a number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.
A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
A road or track along which cattle are habitually driven; a drove road.
A large number of people on the move (literally or figuratively).
The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel.
A group of hares.
A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface.
Wage earners collectively, excluding salaried workers; people who own no capital and depend on their labour for survival; the working class, especially when seen as engaged in a class struggle with the bourgeoisie (“the capital-owning class”).
The lowest class of society; also, the lower classes of society generally; the masses.
The lowest class of citizens, who had no property and few rights, and were regarded as contributing only their offspring to the state.