coffer

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A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization
To decorate something, especially a ceiling, with coffers
An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
A strongbox: a strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe
To put money or valuables in a coffer
A cofferdam
{v} to treasure up
{n} a chest, a treasure
A multi-functional traveling chest with handles and a domed lid but without feet, usually made of oak
> In furniture, a strong box for storing valuables
The sunken area created between the crossing of structural members Coffers often appear in a flat ceiling or on the interior surface of a dome They are often the focus of decoration and serve also to lighten the weight of the structure
multi-functional traveling chest with handles and a domed lid but without feet, usually made of oak
To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to furnish with a coffer or coffers
Recessed panel in a wooden, stucco or stone ceiling
a chest especially for storing valuables
{i} sturdy chest or box in which valuables are stored, strongbox; treasure chest; treasury; funds; cofferdam; floating dock;(Architecture) ornamental sunken panel (in a dome, flat ceiling)
Decorative recessed panel in a ceiling
In architecture, a recessed panel in a ceiling
one of a series of recessed panels in a ceiling, usually done in plaster
Fig
To create a surface using recessed panels in ceilings, vaults or domes
{f} store in a chest, place in a coffer; (Architecture) provide with ornamental sunken area, supply with coffer
To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering
A recessed decorative panel in a ceiling, vault, or dome
The coffers of an organization consist of the money that it has to spend, imagined as being collected together in one place. The proceeds from the lottery go towards sports and recreation, as well as swelling the coffers of the government. In architecture, a square or polygonal ornamental sunken panel used in a series as decoration for a ceiling or vault. Coffers were probably originally formed by wooden beams crossing one another to produce a grid. The earliest surviving examples were made of stone by the ancient Greeks and Romans. Coffering was revived in the Renaissance and was common in Baroque and Neoclassical architecture
A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson
A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables
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
To put into a coffer
Recessed panel or dome in ceiling
A chest, originally for storing valuables, but now used to refer to one made in the 17th century More information about early Tudor coffers
A coffer is a large strong chest used for storing valuable objects such as money or gold and silver
A chest to keep treasure in
Treasure or funds; usually in the plural
a chest especially for storing valuables an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam
a chest used for storing clothing Torm has tall, upright coffers, Wootton has a low one
coffer-dam
A type of water-tight enclosure used to create a dry foundation for building bridges and other structures over water

He stood full six feet in height, with noble shoulders, and a chest like a coffer-dam.

coffers
plural of coffer
coffer
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