corves
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The report was louder that artillery, and the machinery at the mouth of the pit was blown down, and scattered about to some distance, with corves &c., from the bottom of the shaft.
From The Guardian • Aug. 2, 2012
With this apparatus the boys made a show of sending the corves down the pit and drawing them up again, much to the marvel of the pitmen.
From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Smiles, Samuel
I doan't think thou'lt feel lonely here, for along that side road they bring down other corves and the horse comes and takes 'em on.
From Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
The corves were placed together in a cage, between which and the pit-ropes there was usually from fifteen to twenty feet of chain.
From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Smiles, Samuel
When the train of rolleys reaches the shaft, the full corves are hoisted up, and empty ones let down, which are placed on the rolleys, and carried back for the hewers to fill.
From Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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