corf
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
corf (plural corfs or corves)
- (mining) A large basket, especially as used for coal.
- 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon:
- Why, I am simple as a pony, Sir […] ?– born in a Drift, a Corf for my cradle, and nought but the Back-shift for Schoolmasters there […] ?
- 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon:
- A container (basket, wooden box with holes etc.) used to store live fish underwater.
- (mining) A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines.
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