† ˈtaper-fashion, a. and adv. Obs.
[f. taper n.1 + fashion n.]
Of or in the fashion or form of a taper; taper-like in shape; tapering, tapered.
| 1545 R. Ascham Toxoph. (Arb.) 126 Those [stales, i.e. stems of arrows] that be lytle brested and big toward the hede called by theyr lykenesse taperfashion, reshe growne. 1551 Recorde Cast. Knowl. (1556) 147 Then doth the shadow [in an eclipse] growe lesser and lesser in spyre forme, or taper fashion. |