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Coffer
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 1 A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
""There is nothing in that," said Guido, "but a genealogy of the Carraras, drawn up by my grandfather. We have kept this little ebony coffer for the sake of its curious carving. The marriage of Cana is beautifully wrought on its lid.""
- 2 a chest especially for storing valuables wordnet
- 3 An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.
"Prolapsed and waterstained ceiling, the sagging coffers."
- 4 an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome wordnet
- 5 A cofferdam.
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- 6 A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization.
"c. 1610–1620 (written), 1661 (first published), Francis Bacon, Letter of Advice to the Duke of Buckingham He would discharge it without any great burden to the queen's coffers."
- 7 A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it with raking fire.
- 1 To put money or valuables in a coffer transitive
- 2 To decorate something, especially a ceiling, with coffers. transitive
Etymology
From Middle English cofre, coffre, from Old French cofre, coffre, from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”). Doublet of coffin. Cognate with German Koffer (“a suitcase”).
From Middle English cofre, coffre, from Old French cofre, coffre, from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”). Doublet of coffin. Cognate with German Koffer (“a suitcase”).
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