Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In stock-raising, a right of way across neighboring land.
- noun A road over which cattle are driven.
- noun Nautical and in mining, same as
drift .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A common way, road, or path, for driving cattle.
- noun (Mining) Same as
Drift ,11 .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A common
road orpath for drivingcattle . - noun mining A
drift , orhorizontal passage in amine .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I started up and looked around me, the moon was still shining, and the face of the heaven was studded with stars; I found myself amidst a maze of bushes of various kinds, but principally hazel and holly, through which was a path or driftway with grass growing on either side, upon which the pony was already diligently browsing.
Lavengro 2004
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Then from the driftway or rough boring beneath well holes were bored to the upper excavation, and through them the strong upright iron pillars designed to support the roof of the new tunnel station were passed, bedded and securely fixed in position.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 Various
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I started up and looked around me, the moon was still shining, and the face of the heaven was studded with stars; I found myself amidst a maze of bushes of various kinds, but principally hazel and holly, through which was a path or driftway with grass growing on either side, upon which the pony was already diligently browsing.
Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest George Henry Borrow 1842
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I started up and looked around me, the moon was still shining, and the face of the heaven was studded with stars; I found myself amidst a haze of bushes of various kinds, but principally hazel and holly, through which was a path or driftway with grass growing on either side, upon which the pony was already diligently browsing.
Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest George Henry Borrow 1842
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I started up and looked around me, the moon was still shining, and the face of the heaven was studded with stars; I found myself amidst a maze of bushes of various kinds, but principally hazel and holly, through which was a path or driftway with grass growing on either side, upon which the pony was already diligently browsing.
Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest George Henry Borrow 1842
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What a difference — Drowsy — Maze of bushes — Housekeeping — Sticks and furze — The driftway — Account of stock — Anvil and bellows — Twenty years.
Lavengro 2004
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What a difference — Drowsy — Maze of bushes — Housekeeping — Sticks and furze — The driftway — Account of stock — Anvil and bellows — Twenty years.
Lavengro 2004
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