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coffered

[ kaw-ferd, kof-erd ]

/ ˈkɔ fərd, ˈkɒf ərd /

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(of a vault, ceiling, or soffit) having coffers.

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Origin of coffered

First recorded in 1580–90; coffer + -ed³

Words nearby coffered

coffee table, coffee-table book, coffee tree, coffer, cofferdam, coffered, Coffeyville, coffin, coffin bone, coffin corner, coffinite

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How to use coffered in a sentence

Then, in the dining-room, those same eyes rested on the coffered ceiling and the portraits and the wide mullioned lattice.
Mushroom Town|Oliver Onions
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.
Serapis, Complete|Georg Ebers
The interior is a magnificent rotunda lighted by a circular aperture in the centre of the coffered dome.
Cathedral Cities of Italy|William Wiehe Collins
The ceilings of the aisles are coffered and sustain heavy gold bosses, which enrich the gorgeous effect of their strong colour.
Cathedral Cities of Italy|William Wiehe Collins

The chief defect of the coffered Renaissance ceiling is the lack of this predominating part.
The Decoration of Houses|Edith Wharton