delva

delva [ME delve], ~us , ‘delve’, dell, hollow. a1195 [do] unum ~um, qui fuit Radulfi subtus Grimesflat Feod. Durh. 133n; 1479 pro morte unius hominis ‥ in quadam ~a juxta Stony Stratford per ipsum interfecti Sanct. Bev. 230.