Droveway
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A road or track along which livestock are (or historically were) regularly driven.
"In the first […], a series of droveways ran north from the coastal marshes, across lighter soils, as far as the edge of the claylands that were open pasture, while a further series of droveways ran from a series of upland commons across the gravel hills to the northern edge of the clayland pastures: […]"
Example
More examples"In the first […], a series of droveways ran north from the coastal marshes, across lighter soils, as far as the edge of the claylands that were open pasture, while a further series of droveways ran from a series of upland commons across the gravel hills to the northern edge of the clayland pastures: […]"
Etymology
From drove + way.
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