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
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 approach of the corves towards the pit mouth was signalled by a bell, brought into action by a piece of mechanism worked from the shaft of the engine.
From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Smiles, Samuel
I doan't think thou'lt feel lonely here, for along that side road they bring down other corves and the horse comes and takes 'em on.
From Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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)
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