coping stone
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The man had been outside the 14-story residence at 311 East 50th Street when he was struck by a coping stone that had been removed to anchor the suspended scaffold, a Fire Department official said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2019
The individual who spoke now leant over the coping stone, for some moments, in silence.
From Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood by Prest, Thomas Preskett
The notion that the colonel need be a better man than the private is as confused as the notion that the keystone need be stronger than the coping stone.
From Maxims for Revolutionists by Shaw, Bernard
Kaa had only just worked his way over the west wall, landing with a wrench that dislodged a coping stone into the ditch.
From The Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard
He desired too, no doubt, to put a coping stone to his fame.
From George Borrow Times Literary Supplement, 10th July 1903 by Seccombe, Thomas
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