For an instant she thought of the wide turn of the staircase, and the new ivory-white paint that no
coffin corner could scar, but presently, the shadow passed in a pure wonder and bewilderment that made her reel.
The aircraft was lost at apointnicknamed "
coffin corner" by pilots - where even modern airliners are at their most difficult to control if any problems arise.
Indeed, his only notable achievement was to survive the hosts' first-half attempt to drown him as he gathered an Olver kick through in
Coffin Corner. Or Tomb Tarn as it was on Saturday.
He used to call that area "
coffin corner" and that is probably self-explanatory!
Horrigan,
Coffin Corner, The True Story of Kenneth Horrigan, World War II POW in Stalag 17B
You're miles above the Atlantic, deeply into the so-called "
coffin corner" speed range, where a few knots slower means stalling and a few knots faster means overspeed.
With his low-and-wide legal arguments, Thomas' aim ain't true -- and now the Illinois courts should kick this suit into the
coffin corner.
Articles covering individual teams of the early era include: Bob Braunwart and Bob Carroll, "Columbus Panhandles," The
Coffin Corner 1 (October 1979): 1-7; idem., "The Rock Island Independents," The
Coffin Corner 5 (March 1983): 3-6; Bob Carroll, "Akron Pros, 1920," The
Coffin corner 4 (December 1982): 7-8.