coffered

[ kaw-ferd, kof-erd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

First recorded in 1580–90; coffer + -ed ³

Then, in the dining-room, those same eyes rested on the coffered ceiling and the portraits and the wide mullioned lattice.

She was glad to be alone, and it was very comfortable to rest on the soft cushions under the gilt-coffered ceiling of the arcade.

The interior is a magnificent rotunda lighted by a circular aperture in the centre of the coffered dome.

The ceilings of the aisles are coffered and sustain heavy gold bosses, which enrich the gorgeous effect of their strong colour.

The chief defect of the coffered Renaissance ceiling is the lack of this predominating part.

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