Coffin — Defs

01 n. The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial.

1.
The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial.
“They embalmed him [Joseph], and he was put in a coffin.” — Gen. 1. 26.
2.
A basket.[Obs.]
3.
A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.
“Of the paste a coffin I will rear.” — Shak.
4.
A conical paper bag, used by grocers.[Obs.]
5.
The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone.(Far.)

Phrases & compounds

Coffin bone — the foot bone of the horse and allied animals, inclosed within the hoof, and corresponding to the third phalanx of the middle finger, or toe, of most mammals.

Coffin joint — the joint next above the coffin bone.

02 v. t. To inclose in, or as in, a coffin.

imp. & p. p. Coffined; p. pr. & vb. n. Coffining

1.
To inclose in, or as in, a coffin.
“Would'st thou have laughed, had I come coffined home?” — Shak.

“Devotion is not coffined in a cell.” — John Hall (1646).