noun
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Also called: coping stone. a stone used to form a coping
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Also called: capstone. the stone at the top of a building, wall, etc
Etymology
Origin of copestone
Example Sentences
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He might have been a carven copestone of the very granite fang he sat upon, for all the appearance of life he gave, except that occasionally—say at fifteen-minute intervals—he winked a yellow-lidded wink.
From The Way of the Wild by Harry Rountree
Winston was circling the first grapple above his head, intended for the copestone along the top of the breastwork, when he heard a quiet Portuguese whisper at his ear.
From Caribbee by Thomas Hoover
Every iron beam; every copestone, every coigne of vantage, every oriel window in this honorable edifice is for you!
From David Lockwin—The People's Idol by John McGovern
On opening the little door, two hairy monsters flew at my throat, bearing me down, and extinguishing the light; while a mingled guffaw from Heathcliff and Hareton put the copestone on my rage and humiliation.
From Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
M. E. M.—"Brother Senior Warden, assemble the brethren, and form a procession, for the purpose of celebrating the copestone."
From The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge by William Morgan
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