Definitions for coffered

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coffered cof·fered

Spelling: [kaw-ferd, kof-erd]

IPA: /ˈkɔ fərd, ˈkɒf ərd/

Coffered is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 150 anagrams from letters in coffered (cdeeffor).

Definitions for coffered

noun

1. a box or chest, especially one for valuables.
2. coffers, a treasury; funds:
3. any of various boxlike enclosures, as a cofferdam.
4. Also called caisson, lacunar. Architecture. one of a number of sunken panels, usually square or octagonal, in a vault, ceiling, or soffit.

adjective

1. (of a vault, ceiling, or soffit) having coffers.

verb (used with object)

1. to deposit or lay up in or as in a coffer or chest.
2. to ornament with coffers or sunken panels.

Origin of coffered

First recorded in 1580-90; coffer + -ed³

Examples for coffered

Both the portico and the cella no doubt had a coffered ceiling.

From the coffered ceiling hangs the metal baldachin, like a precious lantern's chain without a lamp.

A small painting is featured in the center of the coffered ceiling.

He crossed his big hands with an air of Christian resignation, and looked up at the panels of the coffered ceiling.

All the joints and angles are coffered with strips of split rattan sewn neatly on.

The chief defect of the coffered Renaissance ceiling is the lack of this predominating part.

Then, in the dining-room, those same eyes rested on the coffered ceiling and the portraits and the wide mullioned lattice.

They have large pilasters at the angles, and their coffered wagon vaulting, adorned with geometrical patterns, is very striking.

All the roofs are in wood, with coffered ceilings richly decorated in gold and colour.

Above this is a band of Venetian-Gothic leaves, and in the coffered ceiling are rosettes.