What is "drove work"

Drove \Drove\, n. [AS. dr[=a]f, fr. dr[=i]fan to drive. See Drive.]

1. A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body.

2. Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as, a finny drove.
   --Milton.

3. A crowd of people in motion.

   Where droves, as at a city gate, may pass.
   --Dryden.

4. A road for driving cattle; a driftway. [Eng.]

5. (Agric.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
   --Simmonds.

6. (Masonry)

   1. A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; -- called also drove chisel.

   2. The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; -- called also drove work.