copestone

American  

[kohp-stohn] / ˈkoʊpˌstoʊn /

noun

1. the top stone of a building or other structure.

2. a stone used for or in coping. cope. coping.

3. the crown or completion; finishing touch.

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copestone British  

/ ˈkəʊpˌstəʊn /

noun

1. Also called: coping stone.  a stone used to form a coping

2. Also called: capstone.  the stone at the top of a building, wall, etc

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Etymology

Origin of copestone

First recorded in 1560–70; cope ² + stone

Example Sentences

His “System of Christian Doctrine” formed the copestone of an almost fifty years' academical career.

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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.

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The horrid shrieks of the Chouette served to place the copestone on the fury of the Schoolmaster.

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He stopped dead, flung the bandbox over a garden wall, and, leaping upward with incredible agility and seizing the copestone with his hands, he tumbled headlong after it into the garden.

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It was reserved to his successor to raise it, as the martyr had predicted it would be raised, even to the copestone.

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