Definition of goaf in English:

goaf

(also goaft, gove)

noun ɡəʊf

1A rick or stack of corn, straw, etc., in a barn. Also: the quantity of corn, straw, etc., stacked up and stored in one bay or division of a barn. Compare "hay-goaf", "mow". English regional (chiefly East Anglian) in later use. Now rare.
2English regional (East Anglian). "to ride the goaf": to ride a horse on top of a goaf in order to compress it and make it more compact. Now chiefly historical.

noun ɡəʊf

English Regional, Northern Coal Mining

An empty space from which coal has been extracted in a longwall mine, sometimes filled with waste material.

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in Promptorium Parvulorum. From early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic gólf floor, bay in a building, Old Swedish golf floor (Swedish golv floor, bay in a building), Old Danish gulv floor, bay in a building (Danish gulv floor, (regional) room, bay of a barn, barn)), further etymology uncertain<br>early 19th century; earliest use found in The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Origin unknown.

Definition of goaf in US English:

goaf

(also goaft, gove)

nounɡəʊf

1A rick or stack of corn, straw, etc., in a barn. Also: the quantity of corn, straw, etc., stacked up and stored in one bay or division of a barn. Compare "hay-goaf", "mow". English regional (chiefly East Anglian) in later use. Now rare.
2English regional (East Anglian). "to ride the goaf": to ride a horse on top of a goaf in order to compress it and make it more compact. Now chiefly historical.

nounɡəʊf

English Regional, Northern Coal Mining

An empty space from which coal has been extracted in a longwall mine, sometimes filled with waste material.

词汇	goaf
释义	Definition of goaf in English: goaf (also goaft, gove) noun ɡəʊf 1A rick or stack of corn, straw, etc., in a barn. Also: the quantity of corn, straw, etc., stacked up and stored in one bay or division of a barn. Compare "hay-goaf", "mow". English regional (chiefly East Anglian) in later use. Now rare. 2English regional (East Anglian). "to ride the goaf": to ride a horse on top of a goaf in order to compress it and make it more compact. Now chiefly historical. noun ɡəʊf English Regional, Northern Coal Mining An empty space from which coal has been extracted in a longwall mine, sometimes filled with waste material. Origin Late Middle English; earliest use found in Promptorium Parvulorum. From early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic gólf floor, bay in a building, Old Swedish golf floor (Swedish golv floor, bay in a building), Old Danish gulv floor, bay in a building (Danish gulv floor, (regional) room, bay of a barn, barn)), further etymology uncertain<br>early 19th century; earliest use found in The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Origin unknown. Definition of goaf in US English: goaf (also goaft, gove) nounɡəʊf 1A rick or stack of corn, straw, etc., in a barn. Also: the quantity of corn, straw, etc., stacked up and stored in one bay or division of a barn. Compare "hay-goaf", "mow". English regional (chiefly East Anglian) in later use. Now rare. 2English regional (East Anglian). "to ride the goaf": to ride a horse on top of a goaf in order to compress it and make it more compact. Now chiefly historical. nounɡəʊf English Regional, Northern Coal Mining An empty space from which coal has been extracted in a longwall mine, sometimes filled with waste material. Origin Late Middle English; earliest use found in Promptorium Parvulorum. From early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic gólf floor, bay in a building, Old Swedish golf floor (Swedish golv floor, bay in a building), Old Danish gulv floor, bay in a building (Danish gulv floor, (regional) room, bay of a barn, barn)), further etymology uncertain<br>early 19th century; earliest use found in The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Origin unknown.
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