coffering

Verb

coffer (third-person singular simple present coffers, present participle coffering, simple past and past participle coffered)

1. (transitive) To put money or valuables in a coffer.
2. (transitive) To decorate something, especially a ceiling, with coffers.
3. (transitive) To panel, frame, or border with a raised protective trim.
   • I must not forget these boxes, which are most ingeniously made of the pith of a palm leaf pegged together, lined inside with pandanus leaves, and outside with the same, or with plaited grass. All the joints and angles are coffered with strips of split rattan sewn neatly on.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 257

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