单词 | drave |
释义 | ▪ I. drave Sc.|dreɪv| [northern form of drove:—OE. dráf.] A fishing expedition in which several men take part, each supplying a net and receiving a share of the profits made. Later, A haul (of fish); also, a shoal.
1733P. Lindsay Interest Scot. 202 Artificers, Day-labourers, and Farmers Servants that live near the Coast..make it a Condition with their Masters, to be allowed the Drave to themselves. 1769De Foe's Tour Gt. Brit. IV. 18 An Adventure of this Kind is called a Drave..two or three Fishermen associate five or six Landmen, for there are commonly eight or nine Men to a Boat. 1793Statist. Acc. Fifesh. IX. 445 (Jam.) The Drave, as it is here called, was seldom known to fail. 1854Phemie Millar I. 224 Phemie loved the stir and excitement of the great herring drave. ▪ II. drave obs. or arch. pa. tense of drive v. |

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