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

John was destined, like Thomas Hardy’s Drummer Hodge, to rest “uncoffined” until 1992, when his remains supposedly were found in Chalk Pit Wood—though there is still some doubt about that claim.

From The New Yorker

Seem'd all on fire that chapel proud, Where Roslin's chiefs uncoffined lie, Each baron, for a sable shroud, Sheathed in his iron panoply.

From Project Gutenberg

Uncoffined, un-kof′ind, adj. not put into a coffin.

From Project Gutenberg

Day after day passed away, the boat sailed on, her track marked by the bodies of those committed to their uncoffined graves.

From Project Gutenberg

Meanwhile I will, so long as I am yet uncoffined, write something every Sunday for the public to read, two or three lines at least, if my plan should succeed.

From Project Gutenberg