coffin
11coffin — see casket …
12coffin — [n] box for dead person casket, catafalque, crate, funerary box, pall, pine box, pine drape*, sarcophagus; concepts 368,479,494 …
13coffin — COFFIN. s. m. Petit panier d osier haut & rond qui a un couvercle & une anse, dont on se sert à divers usages, & plus ordinairement pour mettre de la chandelle …
14Coffin — For people named Coffin, see Coffin (surname). A replica of the coffin used for Abraham Lincoln, on display at the Museum of Funeral Customs. A coffin is a funerary box used in the display and containment of dead people – either for burial or… …
15COFFIN — The only biblical reference to a coffin is to the one in which the embalmed body of Joseph was kept (Gen. 50:26), which the Talmud described as being made of metal (Sot. 13a). However, in the Midrash, R. Levi interprets the biblical phrase that… …
16Coffin — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Coffins pour pierres à aiguiser Sommaire …
17coffin — n. & v. n. 1 a long narrow usu. wooden box in which a corpse is buried or cremated. 2 the part of a horse s hoof below the coronet. v.tr. (coffined, coffining) put in a coffin. Phrases and idioms: coffin bone a bone in a horse s hoof. coffin… …
18coffin — (ko fin) s. m. Étui plein d eau où est une pierre à aiguiser et que le faucheur porte à sa ceinture. HISTORIQUE XVe s. • Tout plain ung sac de joyeuse promesse, Soubz clef fermé, en ung coffin d oublie, CH. D ORL. Rondeau.. XVIe s.… …
19coffin — coffinless, adj. /kaw fin, kof in/, n. 1. the box or case in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial; casket. 2. the part of a horse s foot containing the coffin bone. 3. Print. a. the bed of a platen press. b. the wooden frame… …
20coffin — noun (esp. BrE) ⇨ See also ↑casket ADJECTIVE ▪ wooden ▪ flag draped ▪ the flag draped coffins of soldiers coming home VERB + COFFIN ▪ carry …
