Corf

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Chiefly British A truck, tub, or basket used in a mine.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A large basket, especially as used for coal.
  • n. A basket used to contain live fish underwater.
  • n. A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A basket.
  • n.
  • n. A large basket used in carrying or hoisting coal or ore.
  • n. A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In coal-mining, a box in which coals are conveyed from the working place to the shaft. This was formerly done in wicker baskets, whence the name. Also cauf.
  • n. A local English measure of coal. In Durham it is 4 bushels, or 3¼ hundredweight; in Derbyshire, 2¼ level bushels, or 2 hundredweight.
  • n. Also corve.
  • n. A small mine-car of wood or iron.
    • Word Usage
    "[Footnote 1: A corf is a large basket used for carrying coals or other minerals in a mine.]"
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