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
Come to your friend's help, and put the coping stone to all you have done for him; do not let him fall a victim to your care!
From Emile by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
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 Prest, Thomas Preskett
There, lying right across the threshold, lay a great length of coping stone, identical—save in size and color—with the piece I had dislodged in my fight with the Pit-creatures.
From The House on the Borderland by Hodgson, William Hope
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 Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
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