incave

English

Etymology

in- +‎ cave

Verb

incave (third-person singular simple present incaves, present participle incaving, simple past and past participle incaved)

  1. (intransitive) To cave inward.
    • 1911, William Herbert Hobbs, The late glacial and post glacial uplift of the Michigan basin: Earthquakes in Michigan (page 86)
      On May 26, 1906, some very remarkable phenomena were observed at the Atlantic mine, these consisting in deformations of railway tracks and incaving at the surface.

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