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coffer::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | chest |
Examples of coffer
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Coffer Dams have been fabricated at the Devonport yard and attached to the ship.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Last year a coffer-dam built to protect the main dam during construction was blown up.
From the economist.com
Coffer died Thursday, after suffering a heart attack about a week earlier.
From the newsobserver.com
Mr Obama spent much from the state coffer to renew road signs throughout the country.
From the economist.com
Universal Health Insurance, labor pension scheme, public coffer are going bankrupted.
From the economist.com
Buybacks only to fund insider selling OF COURSE leaves an empty coffer of free cash flow.
From the forbes.com
Lake County will coffer vaccines through five clinics starting Thursday.
From the dailyherald.com
With so much money in our coffer, we will help poor nations to develop.
From the guardian.co.uk
The coffer dam must have been demolished immediately after this repair had been completed.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
- A chest especially for storing valuables
- A coffer (or coffering) in architecture, is a sunken panel in the shape of a square, rectangle, or octagon in a ceiling, soffit or vault. ...
- In fortification, coffer a hollow lodgment, against a dry moat, the upper part being made of pieces of timber raised about two feet above the level of the moat. This elevation has hurdles filled with earth which serves as a parapet with embrasures. The coffer is similar to the caponier. ...
- A chest (also called coffer or kist) is one of the oldest forms of furniture. It is typically a rectangular structure with four walls and a liftable lid, for storage. The interior space may be subdivided. ...
- (Coffered) Sunk panels in ceiling vaults, domes and arched soffits.
- (Coffering) Decoration of a ceiling, a vault, or an arch soffit, consisting of sunken square or polygonal ornamental panels.
- (coffering) An ornamental system of deep panels recessed into a vault, arch or ceiling. Coffered ceilings, occasionally made of wood, were frequently used in Renaissance palaces.
- (Coffers) the recessed elements of a monumental ceiling or vault, e.g., the Pantheon or the Basilica Maxentius
