corf

English

Etymology

Via Middle Low German korf or Middle Dutch korf, from Latin corbis ‘basket’.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔːf/

Noun

corf (plural corves or (obsolete) corfes)

1. (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 […] ?

2. A basket used to contain live fish underwater.
3. (mining) A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines.

Translations

a large basket, especially as used for coal

• Irish: féan guail (ga) m

a basket used to contain live fish underwater

• Bulgarian: кошница (bg) (kóshnitsa) f