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English
Etymology
From Middle English corf, borrowed from Middle Low German korf or Middle Dutch korf, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *korb.
Pronunciation
Noun
corf (plural corves or corfs)
- (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 ?
- (fishing) 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
container used to store live fish underwater
Anagrams
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *corbus < Classical Latin corvus.
Noun
corf oblique singular, m (oblique plural cors, nominative singular cors, nominative plural corf)
- crow (bird)