Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cave \Cave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Caving}.] [Cf. F. caver. See {Cave}, n.]
   To make hollow; to scoop out. [Obs.]

         The mouldred earth cav'd the banke.      --Spenser.