LekhoriLekhoriA strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
"There is nothing in that," said Guido, "but a genealogy of the Carraras, drawn up by my grandfather. We have kept this little ebony coffer for the sake of its curious carving. The marriage of Cana is beautifully wrought on its lid."
An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.
Prolapsed and waterstained ceiling, the sagging coffers.
A cofferdam.
To put money or valuables in a coffer
To decorate something, especially a ceiling, with coffers.
A surname.
From Middle English cofre, coffre, from Old French cofre, coffre, from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”). Doublet of coffin. Cognate with German Koffer (“a sui...
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