I wondered about this one the other day when i explained to someone what a Drover is.
I haven’t looked it up but am I right in guessing that the original meaning was to do with herding animals? I’m guessing it was then applied to horse + carriage and finally to the good old horseless carriages we know today.
Nice, yes so it seems like the original sense was to do with, as you say imparting movement in a direction.
The sense I most think of when I use it today is almost synonymous with steering, that its about controlling the direction, rather than the motion itself.
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