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Definition of Coffering
1. coffer [v] - See also: coffer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coffering
Literary usage of Coffering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Coal-mining: For the Use of Colliery Managers and Others by Herbert W. Hughes (1904)
"Its upkeep is great, it is scarcely ever water-tight, and its only recommendation
is cheapness in first cost, where wood is plentiful. coffering. ..."
2. Practical Coal Mining: A Manual for Managers, Under-managers, Colliery by George L. Kerr (1905)
"coffering.—Another method of shutting off water from the shaft is to use ...
A third method of coffering differs somewhat from that usually employed. ..."
3. Italy, Handbook for Travellers: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1882)
"The barrel-vaulting was adorned with coffering and rich garlands in terracotta
by Luca delta Robbia. The INTERIOR, sadly marred by alterations ..."
4. Mining Engineers' Handbook by Robert Peele (1918)
"Formulas have been derived for thickness of coffering (14). Cost English engineers
place cost of WALLING CRIB at $25 to $50, and cost per ft of ordinary ..."
5. A Text-book of Ore and Stone Mining by Clement Le Neve Foster (1894)
"Three courses of brickwork made with Roman cement were built up on the crib and
the wedges behind it; they formed the foundation for the "coffering " proper ..."
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