drover
drover
Definition
dro·ver (drō′vər)
noun
a person who herds droves of animals, esp. to market
drover
Usage Examples
Possessives
- inn: The Prince of Wales is thought to have been an old drovers ' inn.
- trail: Follow disused railroad lines, old miners ' and drovers ' trails or enjoy forays in the nearby forests.
- road: An east-west drover's road runs along the Ouse Valley crossing the north south Roman route from Bicester to Towcester.
- route: The narrow meadows along Anstey Lane were once part of the drover's route into the city from the surrounding countryside.
- track: Drovers ' tracks dimly sensing their destiny in the unwitting feet that tramped them into being.
- path: A tree lined old drover's path leads to open fields recently planted with new oaks, ashes and cherries.
Converse of object
- follow: From London This follows an old drovers ' road from Stonehenge to Bruton - no towns at all.
- use: Now submerged under water ( Llyn Brenig ) there must have been a route drovers used through the area known as Brenig.
Adjective modifier
- Welsh: During the 1800's the pub was a popular resting place for Welsh cattle drovers on their way to Northampton Market.
- ancient: This ancient drovers ' inn has been modernized with the addition of a dining room with spectacular views.
- old: The military road winds down to the old drovers Inn near the Gateway to Glencoe.
- jolly: In the amusements we have referred to does the " jolly drover " while the night away in Abilene.
Modifies a noun
- trail: These, together with old drovers trails, smugglers paths a. .
- road: Take a drive on the old drovers road to Glenelg, where a ( summer ) ferry crosses the sea to Skye.
- route: Villages are clustered along the valley floors, following old drover routes, by rivers.
- path: The routes do not go high and generally follow old stalkers or drovers paths, but are not way-marked.
Noun used with modifier
- cattle: The very routes once followed by Rob Roy's cattle drovers in time became the arteries which now carry our modern traffic.
- sheep: As a boy of nine he helped a sheep drover to drive sheep and sometimes walked 12 miles a day.
- head: But in early 1712 Rob Roy's head drover, having purchased the cattle, then sold it on and disappeared with the funds.
- Cattle: Cattle drovers bringing cattle horses and sheep from Northumbria and Scotland regularly came to the town.
