coping stone
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
To make a man reasonable is the coping stone of a good education, and yet you profess to train a child through his reason!
From Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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 Estelle M. (Estelle May) Hurll
The individual who spoke now leant over the coping stone, for some moments, in silence.
From Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood by Thomas Preskett Prest
They alighted on a nail; a nail thrust lightly into the mortar below the coping stone.
From The Long Night by Stanley John Weyman
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