Coffin
WordNet
noun
(1) Box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
verb
(2) Place into a coffin
"Her body was coffined"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From , from , from .
Usage notes
The type of coffin with upholstery and a half-open lid (mostly in the United States) is called a casket.
Verb
- To place in a coffin.
- 2007: The chest in which she is coffined washes ashore and is brought to the Lord Cerimon — Barbara Everett, ‘Making and Breaking in Shakespeare's Romances’, London Review of Books 29:6, p. 21