Definitions
made for or formed by carving (‘carven’ is archaic or literary)
Word origin
From Middle English carven, a variant (with the vowel modified to match the present stem) of Middle English corven, y-corven (“carved”), from Old English corfen, ġecorfen (“cut, carved”), from Proto-West Germanic *korban, from Proto-Germanic *kurbanaz (“cut, carved”), past participle of *kerbaną (“to carve”). Equivalent to carve + -en (past participle ending).
Used in a sentence
“The beams that thro' the Oriel shine / Make prisms in every carven glass, / And beaker brimm'd with noble wine.”
“The facades of the buildings fronting upon the avenue within the wall were richly carven […]”
“We both loved her now and for all time, she was stamped and carven on our hearts, and no other woman or interest could ever raze that splendid die.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Shaped by carving”6 letters
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