let drive

verb2

1. •
   To aim a blow; to strike with force; to attack; to shoot (an arrow or firearm).

   • Four rogues in buckram let drive at me— — 1597
2. •
   (no longer used) To allow (a vessel) to be propelled by the wind, current or tide.

   • And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive. — 1611