What does coffer mean?
Definitions for coffer
ˈkɔ fər, ˈkɒf ərcof·fer
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Princeton's WordNet
coffer, caisson, lacunanoun
an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
coffernoun
a chest especially for storing valuables
Wiktionary
coffernoun
A strongbox: a strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
coffernoun
An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.
coffernoun
A cofferdam.
coffernoun
A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization.
cofferverb
To put money or valuables in a coffer
cofferverb
To decorate something, especially a ceiling, with coffers.
Etymology: From cofre, from cophinus, from κόφινος.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
COFFERnoun
Etymology: cofre, Saxon.
Two iron coffers hung on either side,
With precious metal full as they could hold. Fairy Queen.The lining of his coffers shall make coats
To deck our soldiers for these Irish wars. William Shakespeare, Rich. II.If you destroy your governour that is wealthy, you must chuse another, who will fill his coffers out of what is left. Roger L'Estrange.
He would discharge it without any burthen to the queen’s coffers, for honour sake. Francis Bacon, Advice to Villiers.
To Cofferverb
To treasure up in chests.
Etymology: from the noun.
Treasure, as a war might draw forth, so a peace succeeding might coffer up. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.
Wikipedia
Coffer
A coffer (or coffering) in architecture is a series of sunken panels in the shape of a square, rectangle, or octagon in a ceiling, soffit or vault. A series of these sunken panels was often used as decoration for a ceiling or a vault, also called caissons ("boxes"), or lacunaria ("spaces, openings"), so that a coffered ceiling can be called a lacunar ceiling: the strength of the structure is in the framework of the coffers.
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coffer
A coffer is a box or chest, typically large and sturdy, used for storing valuable items such as money, jewels, or important documents. In architecture, a coffer (also known as coffers) can refer to a sunken panel style in a ceiling, dome, or vault. In general, it symbolizes a place of safekeeping.
Webster Dictionary
Coffernoun
a casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables
Coffernoun
fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural
Coffernoun
a panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson
Coffernoun
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
Coffernoun
the chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam
Cofferverb
to put into a coffer
Cofferverb
to secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering
Cofferverb
to form with or in a coffer or coffers; to furnish with a coffer or coffers
Etymology: [OF. cofre, F. coffre, L. cophinus basket, fr. Gr. . Cf. Coffin, n.]
Wikidata
Coffer
A coffer in architecture, is a sunken panel in the shape of a square, rectangle, or octagon in a ceiling, soffit or vault. A series of these sunken panels were used as decoration for a ceiling or a vault, also called caissons, or lacunaria, so that a coffered ceiling can be called a lacunar ceiling: the strength of the structure is in the framework of the coffers. The stone coffers of the ancient Greeks and Romans are the earliest surviving examples, but a seventh-century BC Etruscan chamber tomb in the necropolis of San Giuliano, which is cut in soft tufa-like stone reproduces a ceiling with beams and cross-beams lying on them, with flat panels fillings the lacunae. For centuries, it was thought that wooden coffers were first made by crossing the wooden beams of a ceiling in the Loire Valley châteaux of the early Renaissance. In 2012, however, archaeologists working under Andrew Wallace-Hadrill at the House of the Telephus in Herculaneum discovered that wooden coffered ceilings were constructed in Roman times. Experimentation with the possible shapes of the pole is coffering, which solve problems of mathematical tiling, or tessellation, were a feature of Islamic as well as Renaissance architecture. The more complicated problems of diminishing the scale of the individual coffers were presented by the requirements of curved surfaces of vaults and domes.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
coffer
A depth sunk in the bottom of a dry ditch, to baffle besiegers when they attempt to cross it.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
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.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
COFFER
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Coffer is ranked #19590 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Coffer surname appeared 1,377 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Coffer.
66.1% or 911 total occurrences were White.
28% or 386 total occurrences were Black.
2.4% or 34 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.9% or 27 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.8% or 11 total occurrences were Asian.
0.5% or 8 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of coffer in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of coffer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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- صندوق حديديArabic
- һандыҡBashkir
- касета, сейф, касаBulgarian
- cofre, cassetóCatalan, Valencian
- KassettenGerman
- μπαούλο, ταμείο, κορβανάς, κασέλα, σεντούκιGreek
- cofre, arcasSpanish
- kassa-arkku, kassalipas, kassa, kasettiFinnish
- coffre, caissonFrench
- लोहा का संदूकHindi
- kasoIdo
- cofanetto, scrigno, cofano, forziere, cassettoneItalian
- казна, сейф, сундук, кессонRussian
- sandık, kutu, kasaTurkish
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