RawkusSpectre
Dreamer
Circus troupes are also interesting.
Yes, all related etymologically. In current parlance, the word survives mostly as "droves" with the meaning of "a large group" of something. It's also related to the word drive.Are the words inherently connected skip?
We still have old drovers roads where I live, the term of which I have used in one of my works. But my understanding of them was more of locality - farmer droving their cattle or flocks to other pasture.
Droves to me means in large number so I assume they are connected.
No. A drover is someone who drives livestock to market. It's an English term, and it is closely connected with the term "grazier". A grazier is a farmer who specialises in fattening sheep and cattle for market.He slew them in droves, means he slew a lot to me.
Drovers, or a drovers road, I would assign a different meaning to. It may also mean a lot, but it probably means something like migrants.
Ooh how did I forget about this??Circus troupes are also interesting.
As MadSwede points out, this is what drivers roads are used for, or more commonly were used for.We still have old drovers roads where I live, the term of which I have used in one of my works. But my understanding of them was more of locality - farmer droving their cattle or flocks to other pasture.
He slew them in droves, means he slew a lot to me.
Drovers, or a drovers road, I would assign a different meaning to. It may also mean a lot, but it probably means something like migrants.
Too late.We slayed the slew. A slew is nearly as bad as a grue, but they never attack in droves.
In the slough?We slayed the slew. A slew is nearly as bad as a grue, but they never attack in droves.
Paris Rubaix?As MadSwede points out, this is what drivers roads are used for, or more commonly were used for.
Tour of flanders?Paris Rubaix?