uncoffined

American  

[uhn-kaw-find, -kof-ind] / ʌnˈkɔ fɪnd, -ˈkɒf ɪnd /

adjective

1. not put into a coffin.

   an uncoffined corpse.

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Etymology

Origin of uncoffined

First recorded in 1640–50; un- ¹ + coffin + -ed ³

Example Sentences

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uncoffined

Unless the Russians accept, as they probably will not, the year-old U.S. offer of a control treaty over Germany, the bones of contention in Central Europe will remain uncoffined and unquiet.

From Time Magazine Archive

So soon, and all uncoffined, he who was a noble knight?

From The Lady of Blossholme by Henry Rider Haggard

The uncoffined corpse, which seemed that of a full-grown man, was covered with a white cloth, and rested on a thick straw mat, provided with handles along the sides.

From A Crystal Age by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

But now the husband drove his uncoffined wife to the grave without a tear in his eye, without a word of sorrow.

From A Journal of a Visit of Three Days to Skibbereen, and its Neighbourhood by Elihu Burritt

Succumbing to their sufferings, the others dropped, one by one, by the wayside unknelled and uncoffined.

From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Jewett Castello Gilson