Coffering

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  • v. Present participle of coffer.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In mining, the operation of securing the shaft of a mine from the ingress of water by ramming in clay between the casing and the rock.
  • n. In architecture, decorations by means of coffers or sunken panels.
  • n. A special method of making a watertight brickwork lining for a mine shaft, each course being laid in rings, without headers, and the bricks of alternate rings being floated in grout, breaking joints horizontally with the other rings.
    • Word Usage
    ""You get more for your money in the financial district," she said, standing under the lobby's cream-and-gilt coffering."
    Verb Form
    coffered    coffering    coffers   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    chest    panel   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    caisson    chest    cofferdam    treasury   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    offer    reoffer   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    treasury    exchequer    casket    sceptre    coronation   
     
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