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doffer
English
Etymology
doff +? -er
Noun
doffer (plural doffers)
- (textile manufacturing) A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton or fiber from the cards.
- A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty ones on the throstle or ring frames.
Derived terms
- doffer shaft
- ring doffer
Related terms
- doffing comb
References
Anagrams
- fforde, offer'd, offred
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?.f?r/
- Hyphenation: dof?fer
- Rhymes: -?f?r
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch duvers, duve (“dove, pigeon”).
Noun
doffer m (plural doffers, diminutive doffertje n, feminine duif or duivin)
- male dove, a cock pigeon
- Synonyms: duiver, mannetjesduif
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Adjective
doffer
- Comparative form of dof
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coffer
English
Alternative forms
- copher (obsolete)
- cophre (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English cofre, coffre, from Old French cofre, coffre, from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (kóphinos, “basket”). Doublet of coffin.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?f?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?f?/
- (US, cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /?k?f?/
- Homophones: cougher
- Rhymes: -?f?(?)
Noun
coffer (plural coffers)
- A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
- Synonym: strongbox
- (architecture) An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.
- Synonym: caisson
- 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, p.135:
- Prolapsed and waterstained ceiling, the sagging coffers.
- A cofferdam.
- A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization.
- c.1610-1620 (written), 1661 (first published), Francis Bacon, Letter of Advice to the Duke of Buckingham
- He would discharge it without any great burden to the queen's coffers.
- c.1610-1620 (written), 1661 (first published), Francis Bacon, Letter of Advice to the Duke of Buckingham
- A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it with raking fire.
Derived terms
- coffered ceiling
Translations
Verb
coffer (third-person singular simple present coffers, present participle coffering, simple past and past participle coffered)
- (transitive) To put money or valuables in a coffer
- (transitive) To decorate something, especially a ceiling, with coffers.
Further reading
- coffer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- coffer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- coffer in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- coffer at OneLook Dictionary Search
Middle English
Noun
coffer
- Alternative form of cofre
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