About The Word Coffer
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What's The Definition Of Coffer?
[n] a chest especially for storing valuables
[n] an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome Synonyms | Synonyms for Coffer: caisson | lacuna Related Terms | Find terms related to Coffer: bank | bundle away | bursary | cache | cash register | cashbox | chest | coin box | deposit | depository | exchequer | file | fisc | Fort Knox | gold depository | hutch | lay away | lay down | lay in | lay in store | locker | lodge | money chest | pack away | penny bank | piggy bank | pork barrel | public crib | public till | public treasury | public trough | put away | reposit | repository | reservoir | safe | safe-deposit box | salt away | salt down | stash | store | store away | storehouse | stow | stow away | stow down | strong room | strongbox | subtreasury | till | treasure-house | treasury | vault | warehouse Coffer In Webster's Dictionary \Cof"fer\ (?; 115), n. [OF. cofre, F. coffre, L. cophinus
basket, fr. Gr. ?. Cf. {Coffin}, n.]
1. A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for
keeping money or other valuables. --Chaucer.
In ivory coffers I have stuffed my crowns. --Shak.
2. Fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural.
He would discharge it without any burden to the
queen's coffers, for honor sake. --Bacon.
Hold, here is half my coffer. --Shak.
3. (Arch.) A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault,
dome, or portico; a caisson.
4. (Fort.) A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and
extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it
by a raking fire.
5. The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a
cofferdam.
{Coffer dam}. (Engin.) See {Cofferdam}, in the Vocabulary.
{Coffer fish}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Cowfish}.
\Cof"fer\, v. t. 1. To put into a coffer. --Bacon. 2. (Mining.) To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering. --Raymond. 3. To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to furnish with a coffer or coffers. |
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