écrinn.
/ˈeɪkrã/ A casket for jewellery.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > box > [noun] > small box > for valuable things
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1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xxi. 203 The cigar-boxes given over to this friend, the écrin of diamonds to that, et cætera.
1910 S. R. Crockett Dew of Youth xxxviii A hoop of rubies..was placed in a lined box of morocco leather, called an ‘ecrin’.
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