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Vinony

coffin

noun

  1. Container for transport, laying out and the burial of a corpse
L30696 on Wikidata ↗

verb

No English definition recorded for this entry.

L331185 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈkɒfɪn/ / /ˈkɔfɪn/ / /ˈkɑfɪn/

name

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Cornish koghyn (“exploratory trench”), with spelling likely influenced by etymology 1.

  1. An exploratory trench used when first digging a mine.
  2. A deep ditch.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English coffyn, from Old Northern French cofin (“sarcophagus", earlier "basket, coffer”), from Latin cophinus (“basket”), a loanword from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “a basket”). Doublet of coffer. Displaced native Old English þrūh.

  1. To place in a coffin.

    “Indians do not hinder the progress of their dead by embalming or tight coffining.”

    “The chest in which she is coffined washes ashore and is brought to the Lord Cerimon.”