goaf
Americannoun
plural
goavesEtymology
Origin of goaf
First recorded in 1830–40; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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But experts said that the preferred theory was that a collapse of the mine's roof in the "goaf" - the void left behind after coal is removed - released methane into the mine.
From BBC
Goaf, gōf, n. a rick: the coal-waste left in old workings.
From Project Gutenberg
You're on the edge of a goaf now.
From Project Gutenberg
About her on either side were wastes of black, and in the goaf, by way of clearing, but one thing was discernible, the fealty of Adrian.
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Now she would be transported to new horizons where multicolored suns battened on intervales of unsuspected charm, now she would be tossed into the opacity of an abyss where there would not be so much as a goaf for resting-place.
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