delf

American  

[delf] / dɛlf /

noun

plural

delfs

1. British. in some dialects, a pit, trench, or ditch.

2. British. in Northern England, a small mine or quarry.

3. Heraldry. a device, conventionally in the form of a plain square, that represents a shovelful of turf. Compare billet.

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Example Sentences

The first is the delf tenné, assigned to him who revokes his challenge.

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A whiff of peat-smoke; A gleam of delf on the dresser within; A woman’s voice crooning, as if to a child.

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Delf, delf, n. a contraction for Delft′ware, a kind of earthenware originally made at Delft, Holland.

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The dining-room walls are covered with splendid Dutch delf of the seventeenth century, and the room has also a magnificent mirror and a piece of Gobelin tapestry representing the riches of Summer.

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You find in them table-linen, delf plates, forks, and all the most necessary utensils.

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