Definition of Coffret

1. a small strongbox [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coffret

coffin ride
coffin ship
coffin ships
coffined
coffing
coffining
coffinite
coffinites
coffinless
coffinlike
coffins
coffle
coffled
coffles
coffling
coffret (current term)
coffrets
coffs
cofibration
cofibrations
cofilin
cofilins
cofinal
cofinalities
cofinality
cofinally
cofinance
cofinanced
cofinances
cofinancing

Literary usage of Coffret

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the Special Loan Exhibition of Spanish and Portuguese by John Charles Robinson, South Kensington Museum (1881)
"IVORY coffret with sloped or bevelled cover, ornamented with gilded ... IVORY coffret, with gilded ornaments and medallions of grotesque birds, &c., ..."

2. De L'intelligence by Hippolyte Taine (1900)
"En d'autres termes, et pour continuer la comparaison, chaque coffret plus large, à côté du coffret plus petit dans lequel finalement on trouvera la ..."

3. Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education (1863)
"9657 coffret in incised leather, ornamented with foliage and mottoes on ... 9661« coffret in incised leather. On the top are two shields of arms and the ..."

4. The vicomte de Bragelonne; or, Ten years later by Alexandre Dumas (1858)
"He then resumed his reading:— " The coffret. Monsieur d'Artagnan, is my own present. TOT - not be sorry to see that whilst you warriors are drawing t.he ..."

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