In the article 'Canal' in Rees's Manufacturing Industry, in connection with
the Swansea Canal, Telford writes 'In the year 1804, 54,235 tons of coal and
culver were brought down this canal ... ' (1972 repr., v.1, p.398)
From the context 'culver' must mean 'culm' but this seems to be a very
unusual usage. In OED the only meaning given for 'culver' is pigeon or dove
and related meanings.
Can anyone provide other instances of 'culver' being used in a coal-mining
context?
Paul Reynolds
Swansea
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