, on display at the Museum of Funeral Customs.]]A coffin (in North American English, also known as a casket) is a funerary box used in the display and containment of deceased remains — either for burial or cremation. coffin, 14th-13th centuries BCE]] Practices Any box used to bury the dead in is a coffin. Use of the word "casket" in this sense began as a euphemism introduced by the undertaker's trade in North America; a "casket" was originally a box for jewellery.[LINK: http://www.bartleby.com/68/43/1143.html] casket, coffin (nn.) from the Columbia Guide to Standard American English via Bartleby.com Some Americans draw a distinction between "coffins" and "caskets"; for these people, a coffin is a tapered hexagonal or octagonal (also considered to be anthropodial in shape) box used for a burial. A rectangular burial box with a split lid used for viewing the deceased is called a "c

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