Meanings
nouncoigne (plural coignes)
plural coignes
- alternativeAlternative form of coign: a keystone; a wedge; (obsolete) a corner or angle, especially of a building.
Great figures started from the roof And lofty coignes.
1843, Robert Henry Horne, Orion: an epic poem1 more example
From the eaves of the several stories there hung one hundred and fifty-two bells, and countless lanterns adorned the same coignes of vantage.
1884, Robert Kennaway Douglas, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., s.v. "Nanking"
Synonyms & antonyms
nounexpandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
A variant of coign.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
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APA
coigne. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coigne
MLA
“coigne.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coigne. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coigne,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coigne.
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