coping stone

British  

noun

1. another word for copestone

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Example Sentences

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

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

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

We see his eager little face, with the long hair blown back from it, just above the coping stone surrounding the garden inclosure which the Holy Family occupy.

From Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation by Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May)

But Palmer, the captain of Sharpe's lot—the beaten side—put the coping stone to a pleasant afternoon by asking Gus to referee for them against Merishall's.

From Acton's Feud A Public School Story by Swainson, Frederick

The coping stone had been set on the edifice of the Bremen Cotton Market.

From Bremen Cotton Exchange 1872/1922 by Uhte, Ch. F. C.