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Grammar : Verb
Spell : koh-ping
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkoʊ pɪŋ



Definition of coping

Origin :
  • c.1600 as an architectural term, from cope (n.), the cape-like vestment worn by priests (14c.), a variant of cape. Coping saw attested by 1931.
  • verb manage, contend
Example sentences :
  • See to that great stone from the coping which hath fallen upon the bridge.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The wall being low, he was able to rest his elbows on the coping.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • She raised her head, thinking he was on the coping of the wall.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • For all the world she would not have liked them to catch him astride the coping of the wall.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • It was little Esther Tidditt who laid the coping of the dividing wall.
  • Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • There was no railing to this abutment, not even a coping along its borders.
  • Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post
  • They waited, taking aim, but no head showed above the coping.
  • Extract from : « Two Sides of the Face » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • He saw that the coping was uneven, some of the stones being loose.
  • Extract from : « Fred Fenton on the Track » by Allen Chapman
  • When at last he reached the top of the coping, he saw that it was dawn.
  • Extract from : « A Rainy June and Other Stories » by Ouida
  • It was so strong a combination that Henry shrank from coping with it.
  • Extract from : « Owen Glyndwr and the Last Struggle for Welsh Independence » by Arthur Granville Bradley

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