corfs

English

Noun

corfs

1. plural of corf
   • 1854, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Transactions

     Cages, with tubs containing coal, guided in shafts, also superseded the old use of wicker corfs, by being much safer and better […]

   • 2000, Charles Kernot, The Coal Industry

     These corfs were also hauled along the tracks using pit ponies rather than the women and boys who had previously been employed for the task.

   • 2013, Mary Beggs-Humphreys, The Industrial Revolution, page 15:

     Descent into a coal mine, early nineteenth century. Notice the wicker corfs that carried coal or people and the naked candle flame […]