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Corf

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-001353

A type of basket or wagon historically used in coal mines for transporting extracted coal from the working face to the shaft bottom. These containers were typically made of wicker or wood and were pulled by ponies or by hand. The capacity of a corf varied, but it served as a standard unit for measuring output.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-001353
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectMining and extraction
TranslationsGerman: Korb; Spanish: cesto de mina; French: corf
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-001353",
  "term": "Corf",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A type of basket or wagon historically used in coal mines for transporting extracted coal from the working face to the shaft bottom. These containers were typically made of wicker or wood and were pulled by ponies or by hand. The capacity of a corf varied, but it served as a standard unit for measuring output.",
  "subject": "Mining and extraction",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Korb",
    "es": "cesto de mina",
    "fr": "corf"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/corf/"
}

Record 1,488 of 7,311 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.