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
The coping stone had been set on the edifice of the Bremen Cotton Market.
From Bremen Cotton Exchange 1872/1922 by Uhte, Ch. F. C.
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
Then, I went down on to the roof, and crossed over to the gap from which the coping stone had fallen.
From The House on the Borderland by Hodgson, William Hope
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
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