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Definition of Droving
1. drove [v] - See also: drove
Lexicographical Neighbors of Droving
Literary usage of Droving
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life and Times of Ephraim Cutler: Prepared from His Journals and Correspondence by Julia Perkins Cutler, Ephraim Cutler Dawes (1890)
"SURVEYING—REMOVAL TO WARREN—droving—A DIARY— WAR OF 1812. To return to personal
matters. In July, 1803, I obtained from General Putnam, ..."
2. Australind; Wanderings in Western Australia and the Malay East by Henry Taunton (1903)
"... Plains—A Day's Routine—Flies—Wood and Water—Forest Scenes—Giant Trees—Wet
Weather—Guild- ford—Arrival at Fremantle—Cattle droving—A long Ride— The old ..."
3. The Dominion of Australia: An Account of Its Foundations by W. H. L. Ranken (1874)
"... —droving—Meat-preserving — Breadstuffs — Imports— Interior commerce and
manufacture—Wool, effects of its price—Wheat—Coal. THE intercolonial commerce is ..."
4. Bristol Past and Present by James Fawckner Nicholls, John Taylor (1882)
"34 14 0 /rom an old droving. The first drawbridge was thrown over the Frome branch
of the Floating harbour in 1714-15. It had two arches of stone, ..."
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