corf

[ kawrf ]

noun

, British.

, plural corves [kawrvz].

1. Mining.
   1. a small wagon for carrying coal, ore, etc.
   2. a wicker basket formerly used for this purpose.
2. a basket, cage, or boxlike structure with perforations for keeping lobsters or fish alive in water.

corf

/ kɔːf /

noun

1. a wagon or basket used formerly in mines

Word History and Origins

Origin of corf¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle Dutch (cognate with German Korb ) < Latin corbis basket; corbeil

Word History and Origins

Origin of corf¹

C14: from Middle Dutch corf or Middle Low German korf, probably from Latin corbis basket

Example Sentences

One of the accusers, Leigh Corf­man, said she was 14 when Moore initiated a sexual encounter with her.

From Washington Post

At Corf� a Turkish pacha came on board with his harem, to our lively interest.

From Project Gutenberg

Colleis Arglwydd call nim collai, Corf eurdorf, eurdal am rhoddai, Cof cadflawdd am cawdd, a’m carai, Car cerddawr, cerddau ai cyrchai, Gryd wascar, llachar, a’m llochai, Grym dilludd Dillus fab Erfai, Greddf Greidwyr, a Chywyr a Chai Glew ddefawd glyw oesdrawd aesdrai, Ystre hynt, wastad, westrei gwinfydig Gwyn ei fyd bieufei.

From Project Gutenberg

When he went into the printing-business and bent all day over the formes of type in the composing-room, hand-setting up the columns of the North London Half-penny Herald, to the tune of three-and-eightpence a day, the hollow chest grew hollower, and he developed a "corf."

From Project Gutenberg

After a preposition ending in a vowel, after en, in, changed to e, or after the conjunction ha, and, my is generally represented by ’m, which governs the first state:— dhô’m tâs, to my father; ha’m tâs, and my father. e’m corf, in my body.

From Project Gutenberg