corves

American  

[kawrvz] / kɔrvz /

noun

1. plural of corf.

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corves British  

/ kɔːvz /

noun

1. the plural of corf

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Example Sentences

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

Pools of water stood between them and often covered them, and blocks of coal of all sizes, which had shaken from the corves, lay in the road.

From Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

In George Stephenson’s day the coals were drawn out of the pit in corves, or large baskets made of hazel rods. 

From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Smiles, Samuel

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

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