man-drive

man-drive
 n.β€” Β«Mr. Lee was hunting deer with six other people, using a technique called “man-drive.”…Walkers move downwind toward standers who can see anything that moves out of the area being cleared.Β» β€”β€œHunter is shot, killed during β€˜man-drive’” in Anderson August Chronicle (Ga.) Jan. 1, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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