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coffer


2coffer

verb

Definition of COFFER

transitive verb
1
: to store or hoard up in a coffer
2
: to form (as a ceiling) with recessed panels

First Known Use of COFFER

14th century

Other Architecture Terms

buttress, casita, cornice, fanlight, garret, lintel, parapet, pilaster, plinth

Rhymes with COFFER

goffer, offer, proffer, quaffer, scoffer, troffer

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