culver hole

noun

Masonry.

1. a hole for receiving a timber.

Word History and Origins

Origin of culver hole¹

First recorded in 1555–65

Example Sentences

Leanne Thomas said there were lots of them in rock pools near Culver Hole, Gower, while Catrin Davies said she picked up 300-plus on Swansea beach late last month and another 20 or so two days ago.

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He may be a very good man in some ways, and he is wonderful free-minded; but any young lady as marries him had better have leaped into the Culver Hole.

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