culver

[kuhl-ver]

noun

British Dialect.

1. a dove or pigeon.

culver

/ ˈkʌlvə /

noun

1. an archaic or poetic name for pigeon 1 dove 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of culver¹

before 900; Middle English; Old English culfer, culfre < Vulgar Latin *columbra, for Latin columbula, equivalent to columb ( a ) dove + -ula -ule

Word History and Origins

Origin of culver¹

Old English culfre, from Latin columbula a little dove, from columba dove

Example Sentences

Torres grew up in Culver City and Inglewood.

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Single stair, and the fate of Culver City’s ordinance specifically, represents an early California acid test.

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“This is bigger than a staircase,” said Bubba Fish, the Culver City councilmember who introduced the single-stair ordinance.

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Culver City is the first in California to join this small club.

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That gives Culver City the next half decade to show the rest of the state just how much difference a single staircase actually makes.

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