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
But Palmer, the captain of Sharpe's lot—the beaten side—put the coping stone to a pleasant afternoon by asking Gus to referee for them against Merishall's.
From Acton's Feud A Public School Story by Swainson, Frederick
The notion that the colonel need be a better man than the private is as confused as the notion that the keystone need be stronger than the coping stone.
From Maxims for Revolutionists by Shaw, Bernard
He was, therefore, on the point of being overwhelmed by numbers, when he fled; but, alas! there was no escape; a bare coping stone and rails ran round the top of that.
From Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood by Prest, Thomas Preskett
And in a few instances the Inns of Court put the coping stone to this theory by purchasing the property of those lesser Inns, of which they were the patrons.
From Memorials of Old London Volume I by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
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