drive ((n.)) † DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
1a n. — Lumbering
a specific collection of logs being floated downstream at high water from the timber limits to a mill or shipping point.
See also: log drive logging drive log run river drive timber drive
1b n. — Lumbering
the process or practice of floating logs downstream at high water.
See also: driving (def. 1)
2 n.
a method of hunting deer by which the animal is driven, usually by dogs, until it seeks refuge in a stream or lake, where, at the point of exhaustion, it is easily killed.
See also: drive hunting
3a † n. — West
the driving of cattle or other animals from one place to another.
3b † n. — West
the herd of livestock being driven from one place to another.