An archaic or rare term related to a basket or corvée labor system, though modern usage is extremely limited.
Shortened form or variant spelling potentially derived from Old French 'corve' or Latin 'corbis' (basket). The exact etymology is uncertain due to its rarity in historical records.
This might be one of those ghost words in English—words that exist in dictionaries but are almost never actually used, making it more of a linguistic curiosity than a practical term.
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