Meaning

• A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern.

• A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling.

• A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds.

• A strip of prairie extending into woodland.

• A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain.

• The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship.

• A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level.

Meaning

• To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.