incaverned
English
Etymology
in- + cavern + -ed
Adjective
incaverned (not comparable)
- Enclosed or shut up as if in a cavern.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 1 p. 6:
- Then Lid creeps on along, and taking Thrushel, throwes
- Her selfe amongst the rocks; and so incavern’d goes,
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 1 p. 6:
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for incaverned in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)