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
Mining operations were being carried on with the greatest activity; coal was being piled incessantly into the trucks, which went in hundreds to empty themselves into the corves at the bottom of the shaft.
From The Underground City, or, the Child of the Cavern by Verne, Jules
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
Other men were engaged at the foot of the shaft, hooking on the corves full of coal to be drawn up by the machinery above.
From Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading by Kingston, William Henry Giles
The corves were made out of hollowed corks; the ropes were supplied by twine; and a few bits of wood gleaned from the refuse of the carpenter’s shop completed their materials.
From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Smiles, Samuel
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