corb
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corb
- /ˈkɔː(ɹ)b/
Where it comes from
From Latin corbis (“basket”).
noun corbs
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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 t
Similar: corf
- a corbel (ornament in a building).
- A brown meagre (Sciaena umbra)
Talk about this word "corb." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/corb. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. corb. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/corb "corb." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/corb.
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@misc{corb_2026,
title = {corb},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/corb},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
