English

Noun

corf ‎(plural corves or corfs)

1. (mining) A large basket, especially as used for coal.
   • 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon:

     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 […] ?

2. A basket used to contain live fish underwater.
3. (mining) A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines.

Translations

Old French

Alternative forms

• corb
• corp
• crop

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *corbus < Classical Latin corvus.

Noun

corf m ‎(oblique plural cors, nominative singular cors, nominative plural corf)

1. crow (bird)

Related terms

• corbel