corf

Definitions

1. A large basket, especially as used for coal.
2. A container (basket, wooden box with holes etc.) used to store live fish underwater.
3. A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines.

Equivalents

Examples

“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 […]?”

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