corf
English
Etymology
From Middle English corf, from Middle Low German korf or Middle Dutch korf, from Proto-Germanic *kurbaz (“basket”), of disputed origin. Related to German Korb (“a basket, creel”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɔːf/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kɔɹf/
Audio (US) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)f
- Hyphenation: corf
Noun
- (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.
Translations
large basket, especially as used for coal
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container used to store live fish underwater
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