corfs

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A form of corf — A large basket, especially as used for coal.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of corf

    Cages, with tubs containing coal, guided in shafts, also superseded the old use of wicker corfs, by being much safer and better […]

    1854, North of England Institute of Mining, Mechanical Engineers, Transactions
    2 more examples

    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.

    2000, Charles Kernot, The Coal Industry

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

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

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

scorf
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