Usually means: Decorative recessed panels in ceilings.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. coffering: Merriam-Webster
  2. coffering: Wordnik
  3. coffering: Wiktionary
  4. coffering: Dictionary.com
  5. coffering: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. coffering: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. coffering: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. coffering: Encyclopedia

(Note: See coffer as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Coffer)

noun:  A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
noun:  (architecture) An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.
noun:  A cofferdam.
noun:  A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization.
noun:  A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it with raking fire.
verb:  (transitive) To put money or valuables in a coffer
verb:  (transitive) To decorate something, especially a ceiling, with coffers.
noun:  A surname.
▸ Also see coffer


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