A corpus of ancient Egyptian funerary texts of the First Intermediate Period and Middle Kingdom consisting of spells to assist the journey of the dead into the afterlife, written on coffins and developed from the earlier Pyramid Texts.

plural of coffin corner

(WWII) The position in a formation of ships or bombers that is most exposed to enemy fire.

(slang) Synonym of coffin nail (“a cigarette”)

plural of coffin tack

plural of coffin handle

Any of the handles mounted on a coffin so that it can be carried. / A knife handle having approximately the tapering hexagonal shape of a traditional coffin, with the tapering end nearest the blade.

plural of final nail in the coffin

(idiomatic) Something that is ultimately responsible for a previously prospective demise or failure.

(humorous) An imaginary coffin in the shape of a capital letter Y, supposedly used for burying a sexually promiscuous woman.