drave

See also: Drave

English

Verb

drave

  1. (archaic) simple past tense of drive
    • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘At Howli Thana’, Black and White, Folio Society 2005, p. 387:
      I do not know its name, but the Sahib sat in the midst of three silver wheels that made no creaking, and drave them with his legs, prancing like a bean-fed horse—thus.

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Scots

Noun

drave (plural draves)

  1. a drove

Verb

drave

  1. past tense of drive
    • 2016 March 23, Forde, Iain W, “Thrie lessons frae Cuba”, in The National‎:
      A wes daunnerin hame alang the Quenesferrie Rodd eftir skuil whan he drave paust in a limmie wi a swairm o poliss afoir an eftir.
    • 2017 June 7, Rab, Wilson, “Glesses clinkt tae famous victory fur heroic Glens”, in The National‎:
      Earlier that mornin ah'd drave up tae the Co-Op fir ma mornin paper, an the streets wir awaash wi rid an white flags an banners!

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