Coffin (Verb)
Meaning
Place into a coffin; "her body was coffined".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- Her body was coffined and then wrapped in a white cloth before the traditional funeral rites began.
- The royal family was coffined in elaborate containers adorned with precious gems and metals.
- The deceased were carefully coffined and lowered into the ancient tomb for eternal rest.
- Before being laid to rest in the cemetery, the knight's body was coffined in a wooden casket.
- Upon dying, the pharaoh was coffined in a golden coffin and placed in the pyramid's inner chamber.