strongbox
English
Etymology
From strong + box. Compare French coffre-fort.
Noun
strongbox (plural strongboxes)
- A sturdy box with a lock, for storing valuables.
- Synonyms: lockbox, safe (broadly synonymous), safebox
- Near-synonyms: safe-deposit box, safe deposit box, safety-deposit box
- 1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], Rob Roy. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
- An inroad on the strongbox, or an erasure in the ledger, or a missummation in a fitted account, could hardly have surprised him more disagreeably.
Translations
sturdy box with a lock — see safe