1673 J. Milton On Death Fair Infant v, in (new ed.) 19 Hid from the world in a low delved tombe.
1756 Apr. 353 From high-arch'd roofs his raised voice rebounds, To the low delved vaults, where gradually it dies.
1867 2 Dec. 548/2 We may believe that the low-delved, or half-underground houses must be those only of Troglodyte savages.