[f. TAPER v. + -ED1.] Made to taper; diminished in breadth or thickness by degrees; tapering, taper.
1669. Sturmy, Mariner’s Mag., V. xii. 63. If you will make for tapered bore Guns, your Forms must be accordingly tapered.
1783. Justamond, trans. Raynal’s Hist. Indies, I. 141. Ten or twelve pinnated leaves, tapered towards the top, very broad at their basis.
1839–40. W. Irving, Wolfert’s R. (1855), 49. A lady’s glove, of delicate size and shape, with beautifully tapered fingers.
1882. Nares, Seamanship (ed. 6), 75. The fore and main tacks are tapered ropes.
