(TAKE ANIMALS) [verb] [T] [past:] drove - to take (farm animals) on foot over long distances to market or to better land for feedingIn the past, this path would be used for droving sheep to the summer pastures.The droving routes beside the road are littered with the bodies of dead animals.
DROVE
Meaning of DROVE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012