goaf
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of goaf
First recorded in 1830–40; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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The roads for drawing the coal from the working faces to the shaft are kept open by walling through the waste or goaf produced by the fall of the unsupported roof.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
You're on the edge of a goaf now.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard
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.
From Eden An Episode by Saltus, Edgar
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