corf
A large basket, especially as used for coal.
Noun
- A large basket, especially as used for coal.
- 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 […]? - 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon:
- A container (basket, wooden box with holes etc.) used to store live fish underwater.
- A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines.
Origin
From Middle English corf, borrowed from Middle Low German korf or Middle Dutch korf, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *korb.