coping stone

noun

another word for copestone (def. 1)

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Examples from the Web for coping stone

Historical Examples

The coping-stone of the wall was loose,—had become loosened by the frost.
The Crofton Boys
Harriet Martineau
This is the science of the pure reason, the coping-stone of knowledge.
The World's Greatest Books--Volume 14--Philosophy and Economics
Various
It is through this Juliana that we obtain the coping-stone of proof.
Feudal England -- Historical Studies On The Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries
J.H. Round
And was her coming out to be the putting on of the Coping-stone?
The Golden Butterfly
Walter Besant
When you reach this knowledge, Phillis, be sure that the Coping-stone is not far-off.
The Golden Butterfly
Walter Besant

coping stone

Examples from the Web for coping stone

Historical Examples

The coping-stone of the wall was loose,—had become loosened by the frost.

This is the science of the pure reason, the coping-stone of knowledge.

It is through this Juliana that we obtain the coping-stone of proof.

And was her coming out to be the putting on of the Coping-stone?

When you reach this knowledge, Phillis, be sure that the Coping-stone is not far-off.