goaf

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A rick or stack (of hay, etc.) when laid up inside a barn (e.g., as winter fodder).
That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed.
The waste left in old mine workings; goafing.

/ɡəʊf/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-goaf.wav

goaf goafs goaves

Compare gob.

goave goafing gob gobbin

goave

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