coping stone

British  

noun

1. another word for copestone

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coping stone

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

This last fact, indeed, put the coping stone to the feud between them, for Mrs Lorton expressed her opinion to a friend, and Burnham, of course, got to know of it.

From Bye-Ways by Robert Smythe Hichens

Then, I went down on to the roof, and crossed over to the gap from which the coping stone had fallen.

From The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson

Here one singeth: Nicolete, the fair of face, Climbed upon the coping stone, There made she lament and moan Calling on our Lord alone For his mercy and his grace.

From Aucassin and Nicolete by Andrew Lang

Benevolence was, indeed, the master virtue, the crown, the coping stone, of all virtues.

From The Empire of the East by H. B. (Helen Barrett) Montgomery