Coffer — Defs

01 n. A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables.

1.
A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables.
“In ivory coffers I have stuffed my crowns.” — Shak.
2.
Fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural.
“He would discharge it without any burden to the queen's coffers, for honor sake.” — Bacon.

“Hold, here is half my coffer.” — Shak.
3.
A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson.(Arch.)
4.
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.(Fort.)
5.
The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam.

Phrases & compounds

Coffer dam — See Cofferdam, in the Vocabulary.

Coffer fish — See Cowfish.

02 v. t. To put into a coffer.

1.
To put into a coffer.
2.
To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering.(Mining.)
3.
To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to furnish with a coffer or coffers.