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Webster 1913 Edition


Coping

Cop′ing

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Noun.
[See
Cope
,
Noun.
]
(Arch.)
The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; – sometimes called
capping
.
Gwill.

Webster 1828 Edition


Coping

COPING

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Noun.
[See cope, n.] The top or cover of a wall, made sloping to carry off the water. 1 Kings 7:9. A coping over, is a projecting work beveling on its under side.