† coffin-housen.Obsolete a mortuary; a house where the ‘parish coffin’ was kept.
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lich-housec1200
coffin-house1611
dead-house1812
dead-room1835
funeral house1850
mortuary1864
hearse-house1870
slumber room1936
1611 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 30 Work done about the two north gates in the church-yard and about the coffin-house being uncovered with the great wind.