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