what does "Elgin"mean? "It's awful heavy," Ted Clifton said anxiously, and looking at the steep steps of the ramp leading up to the rear door, he said, "Do you suppose we can get it up there?" The others were silent. It was going to go, they were going to do it, that was all. In their haste they damaged the Elgin Britannia. 】 what does "Elgin"mean? "Britannia" is the mode of JFK's coffin.