cavern.

Brit.

/ˈkeɪvə/, U.S.

/ˈkeɪvər/

Etymology: Apparently < cave n.¹

1. Mining. One who goes ‘about the mines to beg or steal ore from the miners' coes, or to steal their stowes’ (Tapping Gloss. Manlove's Chron.). ?Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1653 E. Manlove Liberties & Customes Lead-mines Derby 117 To keep in awe Such as be cavers, or do rob men's Coes.

1678–96 E. Phillips New World of Words Cavers (a word used by Miners), thieves that steal Oar out of the Mines.

1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.

1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Sj Sauntle [is] the first pee or bit of Ore that the Cavers find in a Morning by Purchassing.

2. An explorer of caves.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > potholing and caving > [noun] > participant

potholer1900

caveman1932

caver1932

spelunker1942

trog1955

1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Mar. 191/3 The reader is expected to be something of a caver.

1958 Spectator 1 Aug. 172/3 A number of local archæologists and speleologists..declared the discoveries to be false, and the paintings and engravings to be forgeries done by the Maquisards and by cavers in the post-war years.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	caver
释义	cavern. Brit. /ˈkeɪvə/, U.S. /ˈkeɪvər/ Etymology: Apparently < cave n.¹ 1. Mining. One who goes ‘about the mines to beg or steal ore from the miners' coes, or to steal their stowes’ (Tapping Gloss. Manlove's Chron.). ?Obsolete. ΚΠ 1653 E. Manlove Liberties & Customes Lead-mines Derby 117 To keep in awe Such as be cavers, or do rob men's Coes. 1678–96 E. Phillips New World of Words Cavers (a word used by Miners), thieves that steal Oar out of the Mines. 1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. 1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Sj Sauntle [is] the first pee or bit of Ore that the Cavers find in a Morning by Purchassing. 2. An explorer of caves. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > potholing and caving > [noun] > participant potholer1900 caveman1932 caver1932 spelunker1942 trog1955 1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Mar. 191/3 The reader is expected to be something of a caver. 1958 Spectator 1 Aug. 172/3 A number of local archæologists and speleologists..declared the discoveries to be false, and the paintings and engravings to be forgeries done by the Maquisards and by cavers in the post-war years. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1653
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