Drove /(?)/

1. of Drive.

1. A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body.
2. Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as, a finny drove.
3. A crowd of people in motion.

   Where droves, as at a city gate, may pass.

4. A road for driving cattle; a driftway. [Eng.]
5. A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land. (Agric.)
6. A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; -- called also drove chisel. (Masonry)

imp. & p. p. Droved; p. pr. & vb. n. Droving

1. To drive, as cattle or sheep, esp. on long journeys; to follow the occupation of a drover.

   He's droving now with Conroy's sheep along the Castlereagh.

2. To finish, as stone, with a drove or drove chisel.