copestone

[ kohp-stohn ]

noun

1. the top stone of a building or other structure.
2. a stone used for or in coping. cope. coping.
3. the crown or completion; finishing touch.

copestone

/ ˈkəʊpˌstəʊn /

noun

1. Also calledcoping stone a stone used to form a coping
2. Also calledcapstone the stone at the top of a building, wall, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of copestone¹

First recorded in 1560–70; cope ² + stone

Example Sentences

The copestone which Absalom put on his plot when all was ripe for execution was of a piece with the whole undertaking.

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The universe is finished; the copestone is on, and the chips were carted off a million years ago.

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For small erections may be finished by their first architects; grand ones, true ones, ever leave the copestone to posterity.

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It was reserved to his successor to raise it, as the martyr had predicted it would be raised, even to the copestone.

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The justices and councilors of a supreme court, the copestone of the judiciary, were nominated by the same body.

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