What is the meaning of Delf?

A mine, quarry, pit dug; ditch.

A charge representing a square sod of turf, traditionally taking the form of a simple square (e.g. in the middle of an escutcheon), although modernly sometimes represented with the grass in profile.

Canting arms of Delves, in Devon: Argent, a chevron gules fretty or between three delves sable.

Alternative form of delft (style of earthenware)

inflection of delven:

  1. first-person singular present indicative
  2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
  3. imperative

first-person singular present indicative

(in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative

imperative

Delft (a city in the modern Netherlands)

A quarry (pit for digging stone or clay).

A man-made channel or stream; a water-filled ditch.

A hole or ditch; a delf.

digging, excavation

that which is dug: trench, quarry, canal

Source: wiktionary.org