Definition of coffer Coffer
/kɔˈfɚ/ - [kofer] - cof•fer
We found 22 definitions of coffer from 8 different sources.
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- coffer (Noun)
A strongbox: a strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe. - coffer (Noun)
An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome; a caisson. - coffer (Noun)
A cofferdam. - coffer (Noun)
A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization. - coffer (Noun)
A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it with raking fire. - coffer (Verb)
To put money or valuables in a coffer. - coffer (Verb)
To decorate something, especially a ceiling, with coffers.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- coffer (n.)
A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables. - coffer (n.)
Fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural. - coffer (n.)
A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson. - coffer (n.)
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. - coffer (n.)
The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam. - coffer (v. t.)
To put into a coffer. - coffer (v. t.)
To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering. - coffer (v. t.)
To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to furnish with a coffer or coffers.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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coffer
Each of the sunken panels in a ceiling, soffit or vault.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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coffer
kof′ėr, n. a chest for holding money or treasure: (pl.) the whole wealth of a person: a deep panel in a ceiling.—v.t. to hoard up.—n. Coff′erdam, a water-tight structure used in engineering for excluding the water from the foundations of bridges, quay walls, &c., so as to allow of their being built dry.—adj. Coff′ered. [O. Fr. cofre, a chest—L. cophinus, a basket—Gr. kophinos.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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coffer
A depth sunk in the bottom of a dry ditch, to baffle besiegers when they attempt to cross it.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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coffer
In fortification, a hollow lodgment, sunk in the bottom of a dry ditch, from 6 to 7 feet deep, and from 16 to 18 feet broad. Its length corresponds with the whole breadth of the said ditch, from side to side. The besieged generally make use of these coffers to repulse the besiegers when they attempt to pass the ditch; they are distinguished only by their length from caponnières. They are covered with joists, hurdles, and earth, raised 2 feet above the bottom of the ditch, so as to serve the purposes of a loop-holed parapet.
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