To collapse.
1764. Nor was he missed till he had been buried an Hour, when the People found the Well caved in.—Boston Evening Post, Jan. 30.
1796. The cellars are walled with brick, in a circular form, to prevent the loose sand from caving in.—Morse, ‘American Geography,’ i. 398. (N.E.D.)
1809. Mr. Benanuel Bucklin was killed by the caving in of a fountain which he was stoning.—Mass. Spy, Oct. 25.
1827. The wall below him caved in, and he was carried to the bottom.—Id., July 25: from the Newark Eagle.
1829. The sides of the pit which they had made began to cave in.—Id., Aug. 25: from the N.Y. Comml. Advertiser.
1832. The heavy rains caused the banks of the trenches to cave in upon them, and put an end to the enterprize.—Williamson’s ‘History of Maine,’ ii. 115.
1857. An especially uncomfortable chair with a caving-in seat and rickety back was assigned to us.—T. B. Gunn, ‘New York Boarding-houses, p. 98. (Italics in the original.)
