Definition of "coffining" []

• Present participle of coffin. (verb)

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• "Don't go into the small chamber, they are coffining Bertred."
• "But my husband was at the coffining of Huon de Domville yesterday, and then you were forced - were you not, wretch?"
• "Abbot Radulfus sanctions the use of an abbey chapel, your uncle's body can lie there when he is brought from the castle, and all due preparations will be made for his decent coffining."