coffered


cof·fer

C0458600 (kô′fər, kŏf′ər)n.1. A strongbox.2. often coffersa. Financial resources; funds.b. A treasury: stole money from the union coffers.3. Architecture A decorative sunken panel in a ceiling, dome, soffit, or vault.4. The chamber formed by a canal lock.5. A cofferdam.6. A floating dock.tr.v. cof·fered, cof·fer·ing, cof·fers 1. To put in a coffer.2. Architecture To supply (a ceiling, for example) with decorative sunken panels.
[Middle English cofre, from Old French, alteration of *cofne, from Latin cophinus, basket; see coffin.]

coffered

(ˈkɒfəd) adj (Architecture) decorated with coffers
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