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Definition of Goafs

Goafs
Goaf Goaf; n.; pl. Goafsor Goaves. [Cf. lst Gob.] (Mining) That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; -- called also gob . To work the goaf or gob, to remove the pillars of mineral matter previously left to support the roof, and replace them with props. --Ure.
goaf
Gove Gove (g[=o]v), n. [Also goaf, goof, goff.] A mow; a rick for hay. [Obs.] --Tusser.
Goaf
Goaf Goaf; n.; pl. Goafsor Goaves. [Cf. lst Gob.] (Mining) That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; -- called also gob . To work the goaf or gob, to remove the pillars of mineral matter previously left to support the roof, and replace them with props. --Ure.

Meaning of Goafs from wikipedia

- of coal in the goaf area, gases may be allowed to build up behind seals so as to exclude oxygen from the sealed goaf area. Where a goaf may contain an...
- then supplied by government to Government Opium and Alkaloid Factories (GOAF). Each year the Central Government notifies the selected tracts where such...
- The Government Opium and Alkaloid Factories (GOAF) is an Indian government-owned organisation. Its headquarter is located in New Delhi. The overall supervision...
- tendency for a large void to be created behind the roof supports in the goaf (or gob) which collapses when the overlying cantilevered strata can no longer...
- back towards the start of the headings. Behind the cut is a void (known as "goaf") into which spoil was placed and normally the roof is allowed to collapse...
- where fresh air enters and the tailgate is where spent air exits. Goaf, gove or gob The goaf, gove, gob, shut or waste is the void from which all the coal...
- ac****ulated in the goaf or gob behind it. Pit props were progressively removed and the roof was allowed to subside into the goaf a short distance behind...
- the resulting space was termed a "goaf". When the props were withdrawn the roof was allowed to fall into the goaf. At around 14:00 on 31 July 1902 a...
- workings forward in a long continuous line and as they advanced they packed the goaf (the space left after the extraction of coal) with stone and slack on which...
- coalminer, from near Bishop Auckland, County Durham. Heslop's first novel Goaf was published in 1926, but it was in a Russian translation as Pod vlastu...