Meaning Of Coffer

n.

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

n.

Fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural.

n.

A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson.

n.

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.

n.

The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam.

v. t.

To put into a coffer.

v. t.

To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering.

v. t.

To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to furnish with a coffer or coffers.