The act or practice of herding and moving livestock, especially cattle and sheep, over long distances to market or pasture.
From 'drove' (to herd animals) plus -ing (gerund suffix making a noun from a verb). The practice became formalized as 'droving' in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Droving created the first modern trade routes in many countries—drovers literally carved paths across wilderness that later became roads, and their knowledge shaped colonial expansion!
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