Coffer /(?; 115)/

Cof·fer

Coffer

n.
  1. A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables.
    In ivory coffers I have stuffed my crowns.
  2. Fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural.
    He would discharge it without any burden to the queen's coffers, for honor sake.
    Hold, here is half my coffer.
  3. A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson. (Arch.)
  4. 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. (Fort.)
  5. The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam.

Phrases & Compounds
Coffer dam
See Cofferdam, in the Vocabulary.
Coffer fish
See Cowfish.

Coffer

v. t.
  1. To put into a coffer.
  2. To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering. (Mining.)
  3. To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to furnish with a coffer or coffers.