goaf
English
Etymology
Compare gob.
Noun
goaf (plural goafs or goaves)
- A rick or stack (of hay, etc.) when laid up inside a barn.
- (mining) That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed.
- (mining) The waste left in old workings.
Synonyms
- (waste): gob, gobbin
Translations
part of mine
waste
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for goaf in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)