coign
Britishnoun
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The text of this book is frequently corrupt; but the evident sense of these ungrammatical lines 3-5 is that the envoys were allowed to watch the unsuspecting damsels from some hidden coign of vantage.
From Chaucer and His England by G. G. Coulton
Mrs. Bundy, from her fifty years' coign of vantage, saw life as Arthur could not see it; above all, she saw its width, which was a great vision to attain.
From Masterman and Son by W. J. (William James) Dawson
“Matter enough that I knock,” replied the man, so insolently that Richard’s blood took fire, for every word could be distinctly heard from his coign of vantage.
From Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas by Sara Beaumont Kennedy
From his elevated coign of vantage, Ransey Tansey could see for many miles all around him.
From The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn by Gordon Stables
“It is magnificent!” said Yseulte, as from the coign of vantage which the other had secured for her she surveyed the approaching band.
From Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West by Bertram Mitford
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