A term applied to ropes which decrease in size towards one end, as tacks and sheets. Also termed rat-tailed.
·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Taper>>. II. Tapered ·adj Lighted with a taper or tapers; as, a tapered choir. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A piece of wood bolted under the beams, to support them when pillars are not used. ...
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