What does corb mean?
Corb means (archaic) A basket, for example one used in coal mines, etc..
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/ˈkɔː(ɹ)b/ · noun
(archaic) A basket, for example one used in coal mines, etc..
He said no more, but signed to me to lift a heavy wooden corb with an iron loop across it, and sunk in a little pit of earth, a yard or so from the mouth of the shaft. I raised it, and by his direction dropped it into the throat of the shaft, where it hung and shook from a great cross-beam laid at the level of the earth. A very stout thick rope was fastened to the handle of the corb, and ran across a pulley hanging from the centre of the beam, and thence out of sight in the nether places.
I[…] carried my corb of fagots home on my back, while my two youngsters had each their bundle on their little shoulders too
Some bore amain The death-vat, some the corbs of hallowed grain
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Corb means (archaic) A basket, for example one used in coal mines, etc..
Common synonyms include corf.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He said no more, but signed to me to lift a heavy wooden corb with an iron loop across it, and sunk in a little pit of earth, a yard or so from the mouth of the shaft. I raised it, and by his direction dropped it into the throat of the shaft, where it hung and shook from a great cross-beam laid at the level of the earth. A very stout thick rope was fastened to the handle of the corb, and ran across a pulley hanging from the centre of the beam, and thence out of sight in the nether places.
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