Middle English Dictionary Entry
corf n.
Entry Info
| Forms | corf n. |
| Etymology | MDu. & MLG |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A basket; (b) ?a booth.
Associated quotations
a
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.5272/17 : Pro j cera pro hostio panetrie, j corf et ij sprygelles.
- (1420-1) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.509 : Pro iiii barellis, i cista, i corfe.
b
- (1340) Doc.Glamorgan 1299 : Nec aliquis teneat gildam apertam de aliquibus merchandisis, nec tabernam nec corf faciet in villa nostra.